Washington
17 December 2009
Cambodia is cooperating with the UN’s refugee agency in Phnom Penh to determine the status of 22 Uighur asylum seekers who fled China, officials said Wednesday.
The Muslim Uighurs, from China’s restive Xinjiang province, the site of violent anti-Chinese protests in July, came into Cambodia last month and are undergoing interviews to determine their status at UNHCR.
China has meanwhile sent a diplomatic note to the government concerning the status of the Uighurs, said Koy Kuong, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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