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Facebook / Ther Una Authorities in Laos have arrested a popular young Lao musician and producer known for singing songs criticizing official corruption in the one-party communist state, sources in the country say. Syphone Vongchinda, better known as Ther Una, was taken into custody last week in the Sepon district of Savannakhet province in southern Laos, according to a district police officer and his neighbors. “According to reports, he was summoned and taken away by provincial police,” the district police officer told RFA’s Lao Service on July 27, speaking on condition of anonymity. “I don’t know why they arrested him, he said. ....
COVID-19 Drives New Surge in Trafficking of Women From Laos to China rfa.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rfa.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
AFP With COVID-19 infections and deaths rising in Myanmar and its neighbors, deposed national leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called on citizens in the military-ruled country to strictly observe all precautions aimed at preventing the pandemic’s spread, her lawyers said on Monday. Following a court hearing in the capital Naypyidaw directed by the military junta that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi and her democratically elected civilian government on Feb. 1, defense attorney Min Min Soe said the 76-year-old leader had asked him to relay a message to the people of Myanmar to take good care of themselves amid the rising numbers of infections and deaths in the pandemic. ....
Two Lao workers die from suspected chemical use at Chinese-owned banana farm Two Lao workers at a Chinese banana plantation in Borikhamxay province in central Laos have died in recent weeks, and coworkers believe the deaths were caused by chemicals used on the farm while authorities say they succumbed to natural causes, Lao sources say.
Banana farming for the Chinese market is a major source of employment in rural Laos, with hundreds of hectares of planted land employing Lao villagers and other workers in nurseries, planting, and harvesting, researchers say.
But illnesses and deaths have long been reported among Lao workers exposed to chemicals on foreign-owned banana farms. ....
farmlandgrab.org | Two Lao workers die from suspected chemical use at Chinese-owned banana farm farmlandgrab.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from farmlandgrab.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.