Laos activist Anousa Luangsuphom killed in ‘brazen’ public shooting

A well-known critique of the Laos authority was killed in a late-night assault in the nation’s capital.

Anousa ‘ Jack’ Luangsuphom, 25, was shot in the face and neck while seated at a coffee shop on Saturday.

Men dared to criticize the Socialist government on his Facebook page, Kub Kluen Duay Keyboard, which was run by keyboard.

Officials have been criticized by rights organizations for never already announcing an investigation into the blatant” cold-blooded dying.”

Security footage shows the assault. A shooter in a black cap and colored long-sleeved shirt enters the shop and fires half at Luangsuphom, who is sitting on the floor, before running away.

On the way to the doctor, he passed away.

According to Human Rights Watch( HRW ), the young activist was” one of the few individuals in Laos who regularly and openly expressed opinions critical of government.”

According to the group’s Asia chairman Elaine Pearson,” This sends a spine-chilling information that no one in Laos who criticizes the government is stable.”

HRW also criticized the Lao government for its” clear indifference” to seeking retribution for the blogger’s murder.

Critics have not yet received a response from the public. Local media have reported on Mr. Luangsuphom’s murder.

According to HRW, Lao officials frequently haven’t dealt with criticisms of the government, advocates for animal rights, and political activists in a timely manner.

It made note of militant Sombath Somphone’s” enforced disappearance ,” whose movements are still unknown more than ten years after being detained by Vientiane police.

Od Sayavong, a Lao advocate who resides in Bangkok and has been missing since August 2019, was also mentioned by HRW.

Officials from the government had denied having any knowledge of both abductions.

In Communist-ruled Laos, one of Asia’s poorest nations, there is little room for democratic criticism or dissenting tones.

According to the US political advocacy group Freedom House, the landlocked nation between Thailand and China is a one-party state ruled by the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, where” officials use legal regulations and intimidation measures against state reviewers.”