PUBLISHED: 30 Jan 2025 at 05: 09
National authorities chief Pol Gen Kittharath Punpetch has defended the treatment of imprisoned Uyghurs in Bangkok, arguing that claims would have been made in media reports decades ago if their care had been weak.
Sen Angkhana Neelapaijit’s request that authorities allow a Senate committee to attend the imprisoned Uyghurs was the subject of Pol Gen Kittharath’s response on Wednesday after being questioned about their existing conditions.
As of now, 43 are incarcerated at the Immigration Bureau ( IB ) headquarters in Soi Suan Phlu in Yannawa district. Five more people are currently incarcerated and facing criminal charges.
Sen Angkhana, director of the Senate committee on social growth, public participation, individual rights and consumer safety, on Wednesday expressed concerns shared by human rights organisations that the Uyghur group may face danger if they are sent back to China.
Despite the government’s denunciation, some studies have surfaced that such actions are taking place.
She said that amid discussion, the Prayut Chan-o-cha state returned 109 Rohingya people held at immigration detention facilities across Thailand in 2013 to China at Beijing’s demand, and their death remained unknown.
The commission had tried to visit the prisoners, without achievement. They had been informed that a Uyghur was on a hunger strike while another individual passed away last month. Another patient is in a clinic and is reportedly sick.
The committee is concerned that the prisoners may not have had food for a while, especially the one who is holding a hunger strike. The International Red Cross should explore the prisoners and offer assistance on repatriation, according to the council.
In reply, Pol Gen Kittharath said on Wednesday that since for things fall under his control, they should be brought up with IB key Pol Lt Gen Panumart Boonyalak immediately.
He claimed that the IB was even willing to improve confinement services, including ensuring proper nutrition and providing training.
” They have been detained for 10 years. The data would have been released a long time ago if they hadn’t been taken care of properly, he said.
He claimed that the Royal Thai Police had not received any instructions or instructions from the government regarding their potential resettlement to China.
According to Pol Gen. Kittharath, the Immigration Act requires that immigrants who enter the country illegally file their cases.
Detention treatments may also adhere to the rule of law and human rights principles.
He reaffirmed that appropriate measures are in place to safeguard and uphold inmates ‘ right.
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