Cambodian police have said they will investigate the alleged abduction of Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a critic of the ex-general Prayut Chan-O-Cha's Thai government, who witnesses say was dragged into a black car in Phnom Penh on June 4.
Cambodian police said on Tuesday they will investigate the alleged disappearance of a self-exiled Thai activist, denying any involvement in what a rights group claimed was an abduction.
The announcement came after Cambodia’s interior ministry spokesman said last week that the HRW report could be «fake news».
Thai police have also denied any knowledge of Wanchalearm’s whereabouts, while a foreign ministry spokesman said they had asked their embassy in Phnom Penh to get more information.
He ran an acerbic anti-government Facebook page, where he had cryptically written «Compromise Mode» a few hours before his alleged disappearance.
Since a May 2014 coup, Thailand has vowed to track down pro-democracy critics, especially those accused of attacking the kingdom’s unassailable monarchy.
This article was written by Agence France-Presse
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