KL deports 29 Uighurs, thanks to info sharing with China

September 28, 2017 5:00 AM

BEIJING • Sharing biometric information with China since 2011 enabled Malaysia to arrest 29 Uighur militants involved with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group and deport them to China for prosecution, said Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi yesterday.

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