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Thai Pro-Democracy Activist’s Disappearance Stirs Call for Probe
- Human Rights Watch says the activist was abducted in Cambodia
- Calls to abolish Thai lese majeste law appear in hashtags
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Calls are growing for a probe into the disappearance of an exiled democracy activist and critic of the military-backed Thai government, following a report the 37-year-old was abducted while living in Cambodia.
Wanchalearm Satsaksit, who fled to Phnom Penh after the 2014 military coup in Thailand, was snatched off the streets on June 4 by armed men, according to Human Rights Watch. Thai authorities issued an arrest warrant for him in 2018 for online commentary that allegedly breached the Computer Crimes Act.