UPDATE
Where is Wanchelearm Satsakit? The search for exiled Thai activist abducted in Cambodia
Activists have urged Thailand's incoming government to probe the disappearance
Written by Mong Palatino Posted 9 July 2023 12:53 GMT

Activists in Cambodia hold a protest on the third anniversary of the disappearance of Wanchalearm Satsaksit. Photo from the Facebook post of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights.

The family, friends, and supporters of Thai activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit continue to search for him three years after he went missing while living in exile in Cambodia.

Wanchalearm fled Thailand after the 2014 coup in that country. He initially resided in Malaysia before settling in Cambodia with other dissidents. Wanchalearm continued opposing Thailand's military-backed government through posts on his satirical Facebook page. Several orders were issued for this arrest on account of his advocacy against military rule.

Wanchalearm disappeared on June 4, 2020, a few days after he posted a video criticizing Thailand’s prime minister. An investigative media report showed that he was abducted by armed men while buying food in front of his place of residence. He was able to call his sister, Sitanun Satsaksit, and his last words to her were “I can’t breathe,” before being cut off.

Wanchalearm’s case is linked to the disappearance of eight other exiled Thai activists in Laos and Vietnam. The dead bodies of two of the eight have been found; the whereabouts of the rest remain unknown. The alarming pattern points to the transnational repression targeting activists and critics of Thailand’s military and monarchy.
In full: https://globalvoices.org/2023/07/09/whe ... -cambodia/

Contrary to glowing reviews by the US State Department, UK Foreign Office, and the risibly-named "Freedom House", Thailand is actually an authoritarian absolute monarchy with elections in which the results can be overturned at any time (I'd argue that Cambodia has literally more freedom of speech than Thailand does).

He wasn't "kidnapped" at that would imply his disappearance was extrajudicial and without official sanction of law, neither of which is the case here, since Thailand has long allowed for abduction of its own citizens in the name of the law.

Friends and family celebrate missing activist’s 41st birthday
Submitted on Fri, 18 Aug 2023 - 11:30 AM
Prachatai

Friends and family members of missing activist in exile Wanchalearm Satsaksit celebrated his 41st birthday on 11 August. No progress has been made in the investigation into his disappearance.
https://prachataienglish.com/node/10530