Lao People's Armed Forces
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The Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF) (Template:Langx) is the armed forces of the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the institution of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.
Organization
The LPRP statute states that its political leadership over the military emanates from the LPRP Central Committee's Defence and Public Security Commission (DPSC) and is the highest decision-making institution regarding military and security affairs. The DPSC is chaired by the LPRP General Secretary, making the officeholder the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.[1]
History
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According to some journalists, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), humanitarian and human rights organisations, the Lao People's Army has repeatedly engaged in egregious human rights violations and the practice of corruption in Laos.[2][3] The LPAF and its military intelligence play a role in the arrest, imprisonment and torture of foreign prisoners in Vientiane's Phonthong Prison and the communist Lao gulag system where Australians Kerry and Kay Danes were imprisoned and where civic activist Sombath Somphone may be imprisoned following his arrest in December 2012.[4]
In 2013, attacks by the Lao People's Army against the Hmong people intensified, with soldiers killing four unarmed Hmong school teachers in addition to engaging in other human rights abuses according to the Lao Human Rights Council, the Centre for Public Policy Analysis and others.[5]
On 17 May 2014, Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Douangchay Phichit was killed in a plane crash, along with other officials.[6] The officials were to participate in a ceremony to mark the liberation of the Plain of Jars from the former Royal Lao government forces.[7] Their Russian-built Antonov AN 74-300 with 20 people on board crashed in Xiangkhouang Province.[8]
Equipment
Tanks, armoured vehicles and trucks
Artillery
Air defence
Weapons
Mortars
- 81mm[26]
- 82mm[26]
- 120mm[21]
- Template:Country data Soviet Union M1938 mortar[26]
- Template:Country data Soviet Union 120mm: M-43[26]
- Template:Country data United States M2 4.2 inch mortar
See also
References
External links
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- ↑ Amnesty International, (23 March 2007), "Lao People's Democratic Republic: Hiding in the jungle – Hmong under threat" Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ The Centre for Public Policy Analysis, CPPA, Washington, D.C. (1 August 2013), http://www.centerforpublicpolicyanalysis.org Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Scoop Independent News, Auckland, New Zealand, (19 March 2013) "Laos Officials Criticized for Obstructing Investigation" http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1303/S00169/laos-officials-criticized-for-obstructing-investigation.htm (Archive)
- ↑ Businesswire, businesswire.com (4 March 2013) "Laos: Attacks Intensify Against Lao, Hmong People" http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130304006755/en/Laos-Attacks-Intensify-Lao-Hmong-People (Archive)
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