Cambodia rejects call to look into activist’s disappearance

By The Nation

 

 

The Cambodian government has announced that it will not launch an investigation into the disappearance of Thai political activist Wanchalerm Satsakit until it is requested by either the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh or the victim’s relatives.

 

Khieu Sopheak, spokesperson for the Cambodian Interior Ministry, confirmed that the disappearance of the 37-year-old pro-democracy activist, who is wanted for alleged violations of the Computer Crime Act, cannot be investigated until there is a specific request.

 

Wanchalerm fled to Cambodia after the 2014 military coup. He also ignored the summons by the military authorities.

 

Meanwhile, Deputy PM General Prawit Wongsuwan said on Tuesday (June 9) that the Foreign Ministry has been given the task of dealing with this matter, though he did not elaborate as he headed to attend the Cabinet meeting.

 

Wanchalerm’s suspicious disappearance on June 4 has been the source of frustration among human rights defenders and democracy supporters who believe he was abducted because of his vociferous criticism of the Prayut government.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30389329

 

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Thye really do not want to lift a finger on this one. You would surely think that black wagon would be no problem to trace at all. I think it still had plates on. But it is probably burnt or buried somewhere now.

Edited June 9, 20206 yr by holy cow cm

Black volvo v70 with plates. How many are there in PP?

17 minutes ago, webfact said:

The Cambodian government has announced that it will not launch an investigation into the disappearance of Thai political activist Wanchalerm Satsakit until it is requested by either the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh or the victim’s relatives

Is this the procedure for how all suspected crimes are dealt with when dealing with foreign nationals? 

Figures. They just better hope the activists don't start responding in kind. This violence thing is a dangerous road to go down, Cambodia, of all countries, should know this.

I think anyone with one iota of knowledge on this topic will exactly know what happened and who ordered it. 

 

We're seeing millions of people around the world protesting against racism. Whereas here literally having a differing opinion gets you killed like it was medieval times. 

Thailand could send in that crack team that they sent to Pattaya to look for prostitution. I'm sure they would get to the bottom of this. 

21 minutes ago, JCP108 said:

crack team that they sent to Pattaya to look for prostitution

pun intended?

Although I live here (Thailand), and am therefore vulnerable, I must say it's rather disgusting they send out black ops kill teams. I'm just wondering how much they tortured the guy before they killed him. No way I'd let anyone force me into a car, I'd die on the street. 

Its rumoured that the torturing and killings are filmed for the viewing pleasure of those who are behind it. If so, I hope that one day those videos are leaked or otherwise obtained as evidence.

When living in Cambodia, I, like most Cambodians, took my selfdefense seriously.  

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Meanwhile, Deputy PM General Prawit Wongsuwan said on Tuesday (June 9) that the Foreign Ministry has been given the task of dealing with this matter, though he did not elaborate as he headed to attend the Cabinet meeting.