‘Unholy alliance’? SE Asian authorities accused of trading exiled activists | Malay Mail

21 June 2019

But during a subsequent interrogation, Chung was surprised to notice a man who seemed to be a Vietnamese official, and Thai police then confirmed he was indeed from Vietnam. “A number of countries in the region are trading off political dissidents and individuals fleeing persecution as part of an unholy alliance to shore up each other’s regime,” said Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s director for East and Southeast Asia.Authorities in Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand have all been accused of detaining and returning critics of neighbouring governments, in some cases even when they had political refugee status with the United Nations.

Last month, Malaysia arrested and sent home a Thai anti-monarchy campaigner after she registered as an asylum-seeker with the UN refugee agency.

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