Vietnamese activist seeking asylum in Canada arrested by Thai police

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Six years ago, religious freedom activist Y Quynh Bdap fled his native Vietnam for Thailand, where he applied for refugee status with the United Nations and began the long process of seeking asylum in Canada. This week, months after a Vietnamese extradition request sent him into hiding, the authorities finally caught up with Mr. Bdap. Thai police arrested him when he broke his cover to attend an interview for his asylum application at the Canadian embassy in Bangkok. Rebecca Dang, a Bangkok-based Vietnamese activist and friend of Mr. Bdap’s, said she received a text from Mr. Bdap at 7 p.m....