Holes made in the walls of a detention facility in Songkhla’s Sadao district from which 20 illegal Uighur migrants escaped on Nov 20 last year. Human Rights Watch says the Uighurs were among more than 200 detained in neighbouring Thailand in 2014. Thailand deported more than 100 of the group to China in July 2015 in a move that brought international condemnation. Rights groups say hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Uighurs have fled China in recent years. Last week, Malaysian deputy premier Ahmad Zahid Hamid said China has officially requested the extradition of the Uighurs, state news agency Bernama reported.

Source: Bangkok Post February 16, 2018 03:45 UTC