Silencing Of A Laotian Son – The Life, Work And Enforced Disappearance Of Sombath Somphone is a call for action against enforced disappearances. The book not only speaks of the life and work of abducted Lao activist Sombath Somphone in 2012, but it is also a record of his kidnapping and struggles against injustice that Ng Shui Meng -- his Singaporean wife -- had experienced.
Opening with the abduction in Chapter 1, the section Caught On Camera, details how his disappearance transpired. Sombath was stopped by the police at their post on Thadeua Road in the Lao capital Vientiane, he got out of his jeep and then walked into the post. No more than a minute later, a man in dark clothing was spotted arriving at the police post and driving Sombath's jeep away. Minutes later, a white truck arrives, Sombath is moved hurriedly into it, and is driven away.
