Vue May. who was the symbol ot the Thai/UN repatriation etforts supposed success. The following Oct. 29. 1993. report (Volume XIV. Number 10) of Refugee Reports--a publication of the Washington. D.C.-based organization. U.S. Committee for Refugeesdetails the case of Mr. Vue May. which is symbolic of a much larger and more serious problem. The repatriation of Hmong refugees from Thailand to Laos could be affected by the disappearance in Laos of a prominent Ilmong leader. The leader. Vue May. formerly supported the Hmong resistance group that seeks to overthrow the Laotian government. In 1991. he severed his links to the resistance. and decided to repatriate to Laos. He reportedly did so to demonstrate to other Hmong refugees that safe repatriation was possible. (See Refugee Reports interview with Vue May. Volume XIII. No. 8.) Vue Mays 1992 repatriation was highly touted by the Thai and Laotian governments. He was featured in a video about repatriation that is shown to Ilmong refugees in Thailand to encourage them to repatriate. Vue May disappeared from Vientiane. the Laotian capital. on September 11. News of his disappearance did not begin circulating widely in the United States until midOctober.
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