Original report from Phnom Penh
22 December 2009
The UN’s refugee agency and the European Union both condemned the forced deportation of Uighurs to China on Saturday, as police began looking for two who escaped custody.
Twenty of the Muslim Uighurs, who had reportedly fled their native Chinese province of Xinjiang following violent rioting in July, were turned back in a surprise decision by the Cambodian government ahead of the visit of a senior Chinese official.
The UNHCR had not had a time to assess their requests for asylum, prompting an outcry from the US, local rights groups and others. The group of 20 was missing two of the original asylum seekers, whom police are now searching for, officials said Tuesday.
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