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Defying China, Malaysia releases Uighur detainees

October 11, 2018 channelnewsasia Leave a Comment

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has freed from detention 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the Southeast Asian nation after a Thai jailbreak last year, and sent them to Turkey, their lawyer said on Thursday (Oct 11), in disregard of China’s request to hand them to Beijing. The move is likely to strain ties with China, already tested since Mahathir Mohamad became prime minister after a stunning election victory in May and cancelled more than US$20 billion worth of projects awarded to Chinese companies. Prosecutors in Muslim-majority Malaysia dropped charges against the Uighurs on humanitarian grounds and they arrived in Turkey after flying out of Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, their lawyer, Fahmi Moin, said. “The charges were withdrawn because the attorney general’s chambers agreed to the (appeal) from our side,” he said. Malaysia’s immigration department, home ministry and the attorney general’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment. China’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The men were detained and charged with illegally entering Malaysia after last November’s daring prison break, by punching holes in a prison wall and using blankets as ladders. In February, Reuters reported that Malaysia was under great pressure from China to deport the men there, citing sources. Some Western missions sought to dissuade it from sending them to China, which has been accused of persecuting Uighurs. Beijing accuses separatist extremists among the Uighur minority of plotting attacks on China’s Han majority in the restive far western region of Xinjiang… [Read full story]




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