Thailand’s deportation of Uighurs was to avert China ‘retaliation’: Minister
BANGKOK: Thailand’s deportation of 40 Uighurs to China last week was in the South-east Asian country’s best interest due to the possibility of retaliation from Beijing if the group was sent elsewhere, a Thai minister said on Thursday (March 6). Thailand’s government has repeatedly defended the secretive deportation, which came despite calls from United Nations human...