Keeping the hope alive

Showing support: Protesters holding banners and masks featuring Wanchalearm’s face during a protest outside the Cambodian embassy in Bangkok. — AFP

The sister of a Thai pro-democracy activist who rights groups say was abducted by unknown gunmen in Cambodia has called for authorities to solve the case after holding a Buddhist prayer ceremony to mark six months since he vanished.

Wanchalearm Satsaksit, 37, was bundled into a vehicle in front of his Phnom Penh apartment in June, New York-based Human Rights Watch said.