Activist disappearance strikes fear into Laos civil society
- Published: 16 Jan 2013 at 23.45
- Online news: Asia
One month after a prominent activist mysteriously vanished, Laos' nascent civil society is living in fear despite the communist regime's vow it had nothing to do with his disappearance.
This handout picture received on January 15, 2013, provided by the Somphone family and taken in 2005, shows Sombath Somphone of Laos at an unknown location in the Philippines.
Sombath Somphone, 62, the founder of a non-governmental organisation campaigning for sustainable development, went missing in Vientiane while driving home on December 15.
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