BANGKOK: When members of the exiled Thai protest band Faiyen learned the concrete-stuffed bodies of two Thai activists who had disappeared from Laos had been found in the Mekong River, they grew worried.
A third dissident remained missing. And then in February, three more Laos-based activists critical of Thailand’s ruling junta vanished, last heard from in Vietnam.
The disappearances began around the time Thai junta leader Prayut Chan-ocha visited Laos in December, activists say. Worravut, 30, said friendly officials in Laos urged exiles to go into hiding. They did, but now they say nowhere in Laos is safe. Reuters was unable to confirm the assertions that the Thai government was intensifying its efforts to punish dissidents or circulating wanted lists to other countries.The Lao Foreign Affairs Ministry did not respond to a request for comment and the Lao embassy in Bangkok did not return calls.
Trairong is one of about 50 Thai dissidents who have been based in Laos for years, according to Europe-based activist group Action for People’s Democracy in Thailand, which opposes army rule.
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