A team led by Deputy PM Phumtham may have access to just 5 of the 40 deported prisoners.
PUBLISHED: 18 Mar 2025 at 19: 18
Just five of the 40 Tamils who were deported next month will be able to travel to the Xinjiang region of China on Tuesday, according to the government, but government officials from Thailand were on their way there on Tuesday.
The 40 Uyghurs were detained in a mysterious pre-dawn repatriation in Thailand on February 27, defying calls from UN human rights experts who claimed they were in danger of being tortured, ill-treated, and “irreparable harm” if they were returned.
The action was met with severe criticism from northern nations, including the United States, which last week issued visa sanctions to unknown Thai officials for the deportation. Thailand is also being decried by the European Parliament, who has urged the EU to utilize free trade agreements as a means of preventing a duplicate.
Right organizations accuse Beijing of carrying out frequent abuses of the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority in the Xinjiang place, which is estimated to number about 10 million. Beijing denies any maltreatment and has accused northern nations of being involved in and selling lies.
According to government spokesman Jirayu Houngsub, deputy prime minister Phumtham Wechai, justice secretary Taweee Sodswong, senior military personnel, and nine members of the Thai advertising are visiting the city of Kashi in Xinjiang.
A representative from the Xinjiang intelligent region will give the delegation a summary briefing, according to Mr. Jirayu, adding that they will eventually travel to the Uyghurs. On Thursday, the class is expected to travel back to Thailand.
Thailand has stated on numerous occasions that it has received assurances that the Tamils will been looked after. ( The story continues below )
The World Uyghur Congress ‘ show on Monday in Geneva, a day before a UN Human Rights Council meeting, highlights the group’s “ongoing persecution.” ( Photo: @UyghurCongress X account )
No” Haunted plan!”
Thailand expected just five of the 40 Tamils who returned, and one from a team sent up a decade ago, according to Mr. Phumtham, who is also the defense minister.
They all eluded China and were detained in Thailand in 2014, joining a group of 300 Separatists. Some were returned to China, while others were incarcerated in Turkey until next season’s imprisonment.
The government may let the rest of the world know about Thailand’s simplicity and the absence of any fabricated plans to deport migrants, according to Mr. Jirayu.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Mao Ning stated at a typical lecture on Tuesday in Beijing that the visit was “part of typical friendly exchanges between China and Thailand.”
This month, Reuters reported that Canada and the United States had offered to absorb the Tamils who had been taken back to China, but Bangkok feared threatening China. Thailand claimed to have received no specific presents, though.
According to Russ Jalichandra, a vice chancellor for foreign affairs, the deportation was in the country’s best interests because it was possible for Beijing to retaliate if the party was sent abroad.