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Thai exiles in fear after murders and disappearances
« on: May 24, 2019, 06:14:48 pm »
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Thai exiles in fear after murders and disappearances
Panu Wongcha-um

BANGKOK (Reuters) - When members of the exiled Thai protest band Faiyen learned that the concrete-stuffed bodies of two Thai activists who had disappeared from Laos had been found in the Mekong River, they grew worried about their own fates.


Members of the Thai Faiyen band currently hidden in exile, pose for in this undated picture at an undisclosed location (L-R ) Nithiwat "Jom" Wannasiri, Worravut "Tito" Thueakchaiyaphum, Romcahalee "Yammy" Sombulrattanakul and Trairong "Khunthong" Sinseubpol. Faiyen Band/Handout via REUTERS

A third dissident remained missing. And then in February, three more Laos-based activists who were critics of Thailand’s ruling junta vanished, last heard from in Vietnam.

The disappearances have struck fear into the band, whose music and posts online call for revolt against the military and openly criticize the country’s monarchy, Thailand’s most sacred institution, which is illegal to insult.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-rights-exiles-insight-idUSKCN1SU0DV