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| Malaysia’s New Govt Says it Won’t Hand Over Uyghur Refugees to China |
| 2020-09-05 |
| [BenarNews] Malaysia’s new government will not extradite ethnic Uyghurs to China if Beijing requests it and will allow them safe passage to a third country, a cabinet member told parliament recently, responding to questions from a politician concerned that the policy could damage relations with China. Although the government believes every country has the right to solve its internal problems as it chooses, the government also believes Uyghurs are being oppressed in China, so it won’t send them back there, said Redzuan Md Yusof, minister in the Prime Minister’s Department. Redzuan’s comments mark the first time that the government of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has publicly articulated a stance on the Uyghurs since coming to power in Moslem-majority Malaysia six months ago. The previous government, led by Mahathir Mohamad, had also said it wouldn’t extradite Uyghurs to China. |
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