老撾政府否認涉入活動人士失蹤
The government of Laos is denying responsibility for the disappearance of a prominent social activist, but human rights groups disagree, saying security camera footage suggests he was detained by Lao authorities.
Sombath Somphone was last seen Saturday in the capital of Vientiane, when his jeep was stopped by authorities outside a police post. Video footage appears to show him being taken away with two unidentified men.
The Lao Foreign Affairs Ministry says a preliminary assessment of the footage suggests the 60-year-old activist may have been "kidnapped because of a personal conflict or conflict in business."
It said the government has no information on Sombath's whereabouts, but that authorities are "seriously investigating."老撾政府否認對一位知名社會活動人士的失蹤負有責任，但是人權組織反駁說，安全攝像頭錄像顯示，他被老撾當局人員拘捕。
外界最後一次看見蘇馬巴斯.司馬富恩，是上星期六在首都萬象。當時他駕駛的吉普車在一個派出所外被當局人員攔截。錄像顯示他被兩位身份不明的人帶走。
老撾外交部說，對錄像的初步評估是，這位60歲的活動人士可能“因爲私人衝突或者經濟糾紛被劫持”。
外交部說，政府對蘇馬巴斯在何處沒有任何信息，但是當局在“認真調查”。
