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Cambodia's military receives vehicles under a program which involves the US providing surplus military supplies to other countries. [Reuters]WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States says it has suspended a small military aid program with Cambodia to protest the deportation of 20 Uighur asylum seekers to China in December.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Thursday that the United States informed Cambodia this month that it would suspend shipments of surplus trucks and trailers.
The group of Uighurs had made the journey from China's far west through to Vietnam and then Cambodia with the help of a network of missionary groups. China had accused them of being involved in ethnic rioting in July that pitted the minority group against the majority Han Chinese.
Shortly after the deportations, China announced a US$1.2 billion aid package to Cambodia.
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