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Wife of missing Australian activist Tran Hiep urges Albanese government to press Cambodia

Chloe Dang has implored the Albanese government to help find her husband Tran Hiep, an Australian-Vietnamese democracy campaigner missing in Cambodia since 18 September.

By Sarah Whitfield · · 1 min read

The wife of an Australian activist missing in Cambodia has implored the Albanese government to find him and bring him home, Australian Associated Press reports.

Tran Hiep, a 50-year-old Australian-Vietnamese democracy campaigner, was due to return to Bangkok, Thailand, to reunite with his wife, Chloe Dang, after a short trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to meet human rights defenders. He never boarded his flight and has not communicated with his wife since 18 September.

“My husband deserves protection, and I really hope the Australian government will continue to put pressure on Cambodia to do an investigation to find out where he is right now,” Dang said.

Hiep, a freelance IT professional who founded the Australian Alliance to Combat Human Trafficking, was travelling with another human rights activist, Nguyen Duc Thuan, who is also Vietnamese and holds a Norwegian passport. The pair travelled to Cambodia to meet with dissident Vietnamese activists for training, AAP reports.

Dang is urging the Albanese government to deploy resources to help find him.

Sources

  • Australian Associated Press via Guardian Australia live blog, “Australia news live: Chalmers says taxes lower than under Howard as cash rate decision due; wife of missing activist urges help”: https://www.europesays.com/australia/108281/

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