In June 2019, nine citizens from Sekong Province were sentenced to from two to six years' imprisonment for their 2017 protest of the government's decision to give a Vietnamese company a concession for a rubber plantation on land that had previously been used for farming.
ໃນເດືອນມິຖຸນາ 2019, ມີ 9 ຄົນຈາກແຂວງເຊກອງຖືກຕັດສິນລົງໂທດຈໍາຄຸກແຕ່ 2 ປີຫາ 6 ປີ ຍ້ອນທໍາການປະທ້ວງໃນປີ 2017 ຕໍ່ການທີ່ລັດຖະບານໃຫ້ບໍລິສັດຫວຽດ ນາມສໍາປະທານດິນໃນເນື້ອທີ່ດິນ ທີ່ເຄີຍຖືກນໍາໃຊ້ເຂົ້າໃນການປູກຝັງພືດ ຕ່າງໆ.