Defying China, Malaysia releases Uighur detainees and sends them to Turkey

October 11, 2018 9:46 PM

KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – Malaysia has freed from detention 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims who fled to the South-east 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.

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