Shui-Meng Ng is the wife of disappeared Laotian activist Sombath Somphone, who has not been seen since he was enforcibly disppeared at a police checkpoint in December 2012. Sombath is an internationally acclaimed community organizer and civil society leader in Laos. Ng, who is originally from Singapore, has CCTV video footage of the government agents taking her husband in front of a police post, but officials have denied complicity and refused to investigate further for over a decade. Since his arrest, Ng has campaigned around the world for her husband’s release.