Probe into missing Laos activist a 'farce': rights groups

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BANGKOK - An investigation into the disappearance of Laotian activist Sombath Somphone three years ago is "a farce" and has had a chilling effect on civil society, rights groups said Monday.

 

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A fairly accurate account of the state of affairs in Laos.

 

Lovely country, lovely people, but don't get fooled, those in power are ruthless, cruel and ultimately selfish.

 

"people's Democratic Republic"????

 

I'd laugh, If I weren't busy weeping...

 

Nothing to do with People's power, nothing to do with democracy, no, just a bunch of apparatchiks getting rich while the people get poorer, and those who speak up "disappear" e.g. Get murdered.