Australian activist vanishes in Cambodia after alleged abduction to Vietnam
Hiep Tran, 50, Melbourne-based human rights advocate, missing since September 18 after alleged Vietnamese abduction in Cambodia.
Hiep Tran and colleague Duc Thuan Nguyen went missing on September 18 in Cambodia. The men flew to Phnom Penh on September 15 to meet Vietnamese human rights activists.
Pro-democracy group Viet Tan says Vietnamese officials took them to Vietnam by force. Vietnamese state media claimed the men entered Vietnam from the border.
Viet Tan disagrees. The group says the men were taken in Cambodia, then forced across the border without permission.
Tran's wife Chloe Dang fears consular staff aren't doing enough to find her husband. Nguyen needs daily insulin shots for diabetes and must get medical care.
Viet Tan has called on Australian and Norwegian governments to free the men.
- Hiep Tran 50, Duc Thuan Nguyen 52
- Age
- September 18 morning
- Last contact
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Meeting location
- September 15
- Arrival date
Why it mattersThe case highlights risks for human rights activists abroad and alleged Vietnamese transnational repression targeting critics outside its borders.
AustraliaThe case may prompt the Australian government to strengthen consular protections and travel warnings for activists and human rights workers.
Corroborated byperthnow.com.au
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