Sombath Somphone
(asked on 10th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent reports they have received on the whereabouts of Sombath Somphone.
Answered by
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 19th February 2025
There are no recent reports from the Lao authorities on the whereabouts of Sombath Somphone. During a bilateral meeting with the UK's Minister for the Indo-Pacific in 2023, the Lao Government stated that they were continuing to investigate the disappearance but had no new information.