BANGKOK, Nov 4 — Five Uighurs detained in Thailand since 2014 are subject to Chinese arrest warrants, the kingdom’s security chief said today, adding that a court would decide if they would be returned to China.
Human rights groups have raised concerns about the men — members of the Muslim minority group who activists say are persecuted in China — after two of them were pardoned by Thailand last month.
They were among more than 300 Uighurs held in Thailand in 2014, most of whom have since left — including a group of around 40 sent last year to China, a move that sparked international outrage.
The five were jailed for trying to escape immigration detention in 2020 and under Thai law have to serve their sentences before deportation.
