Amnesty urges Cambodia to probe abduction of Thai activist as sister pleads for his return 'dead or alive'


Wanchalearm’s sister Sitanan at the event titled 'One Month of finding the truth', organised by Amnesty and the Satsaksit family at Angoon Children’s Park in Bangkok’s Wattana district on Saturday (July 4) to mark the one-month anniversary since Wanchalearm disappeared in Cambodia. The Nation/ANN during a vigil for missing activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit in Bangkok, Thailand

BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Amnesty International Thailand called on Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to ensure "timely investigation of the abduction” of government critic Wanchalearm Satsaksit, in an event titled 'One Month of finding the truth', organised by the human rights organsation and the Satsaksit Family at Angoon Children’s Park in Bangkok’s Wattana district on Saturday (July 4) to mark the one-month anniversary since Wanchalearm disappeared in Cambodia.

The 37-year-old political critic was abducted by unknown persons from outside an apartment building in Phnom Penh on June 4.

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