Rubio said in a statement on Friday that he was putting a stop to current and former officials who were directly to blame for or were involved in the deportations. No names of Thai officials have been given.
Rights groups have been voicing concerns about China’s ongoing abuses, including the widespread detention of Uighurs, a largely Muslim ethnic minority of about 10 million people in the western region of Xinjiang. These assertions are refuted by Beijing.
Rubio said, “We are committed to battling China’s efforts to force governments to forcibly return Uyghurs and other groups to China, where they are subject to torture and arbitrary disappearances.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand stated on Saturday that it had repeatedly stated to foreign countries that China had assured them that they would be safe and that Thailand would take care of their well-being after clarifying several times with those who have expressed their concerns.
For more than 50 years, Thailand has upheld a long tradition of humanitarianism, particularly by aiding displaced people from various nations, and it will continue to do so, according to a statement from the ministry.
The men’s defense and justice ministers in Thailand have a trip to China next week, according to Thailand’s defense and justice ministers. A number of Thai journalists were arranged to attend.
In 2014, Thai authorities detained more than 300 Uighurs fleeing China. 48 Uighurs were still being held in Thai detention until February when authorities decided to return them to China despite being told by Thai lawmakers and international officials not to.
Rubio blasted the return, saying that “Uyghurs have endured persecution, forced labor, and torture” in China.
40 Chinese nationals who had been “smuggled” were repatriated to Xinjiang on a chartered flight, according to the Chinese embassy in Bangkok’s Facebook posts, and they had all “returned home and reunited with their families after more than ten years.”
Source: Aljazeera
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