Hmong deportation and adding more sports to the South East Asian Games

Laos has been in the news for a couple of things this week:

• Around 1000 ethnic Hmong are being deported to Laos from Thailand. Human rights groups are concerned for their safety. BBC article here
• Laos is hosting the South East Asian games next year. They are holding 25 sports, although there were 43 sports at the last South East Asian games. They don't have the money to build more facilities to accommodate more sports. The Jakarta post article here