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Cambodian authorities say they won't repatriate a group of asylum-seekers if they could be mistreated.
PHNOM PENH—Cambodia may not repatriate a group of asylum-seekers if they are to face capital punishment or torture back in China, a Cambodian spokesman said.
Khieu Kanharith, government spokesman and minister of information, said in an interview that the fate of the 22 ethnic Uyghurs hinges on whether and how the Chinese government intends to punish them in connction with deadly ethnic riots in July.
“There are several issues [to consider],” Khieu Kanharith said.
“For a criminal issue we would send them back. But for a political issue we would consider differently,” he said. “For a criminal issue, if it is serious to the point that they would have to be executed, we might not send them back because we don’t have capital punishment [in Cambodia],” he said.
The minister said that no decision had been made because the Cambodian government has yet to be contacted by the Chinese Embassy.
Smuggled into Cambodia
Twenty-two Uyghurs—a predominantly Muslim minority concentrated in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR)—have sought protection from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, according to Uyghur sources in Asia, who asked not be to named.
The Uyghurs are currently in the care of international Catholic organization the Jesuit Refugee Service, which declined to comment on the status of the group.
They fear being returned to China, which has close ties with Cambodia, Uyghur sources said.
This group, which includes two young children, was smuggled across the border from Vietnam into Cambodia, they said.
Only four members of the asylum-seekers agreed to be named.
They are Mutellip Mamut, who was born on July 10, 1980, Islam Urayim, born July 16, 1980, Hazirti ali Umar, born June 7, 1990, and Aikebaierjiang Tuniyazi, born Feb. 13, 1982.
Seeking asylum
The UNHCR has no offices in Vietnam, so anyone seeking asylum as a refugee must find a way into Cambodia, where it does operate.
UNHCR and Cambodian officials in Phnom Penh declined to comment on the case, although it has been learned that the UNHCR has met with the Uyghurs several times in small groups.
Repeated calls to the U.S. Embassy during working hours went unanswered.
According to a statement by the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress, exiled Uyghur leader Rebiya Kadeer and the organization’s general secretary Dolkun Isa are to meet officials at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva to discuss the Uyghur case in Cambodia.
Beijing accuses Kadeer of fomenting the July 5 violence in the XUAR capital, Urumqi, which was sparked after a peaceful protest about the deaths of Uyghur migrants in a factory in southern China turned into clashes with police.
Kadeer has accused the authorities of firing on unarmed protesters in Urumqi, sparking days of retaliatory rioting, burning, and mob violence from both Uyghur and Han Chinese ethnic groups in the city.
Uyghur detentions
Clashes first erupted between Han Chinese and ethnic Uyghurs on July 5, and at least 200 people were killed, by the government’s tally.
According to Uyghur sources in Asia, China has tightened its southeastern border after several groups of Uyghurs managed to bribe their way into Vietnam and then Cambodia to avoid possible detention for allegedly taking part in July 5 ethnic riots.
The sources said Chinese authorities have detained 31 Uyghurs since Sept. 15 in the southern cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou and in the central city of Kunming, either for trying to flee the country or for allegedly aiding others in fleeing China.
A Chinese court sentenced three Uyghurs to death Friday for their alleged involvement during the rioting, bringing the number of death sentences in connection with the incident to 17.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said it has documented the disappearances of 43 men and boys in the Xinjiang region, but that the actual number of disappearances is likely far higher.
Police have meanwhile detained more than 700 people in connection with the unrest, according to earlier state news reports.
Uyghurs, a distinct and mostly Muslim ethnic group, have long complained of religious, political, and cultural oppression by Chinese authorities, and tensions have simmered in the Xinjiang region for years.
Original reporting by Chea Sotheacheat, Vuthy Huot and Chung Ravuth for RFA’s Khmer service. Khmer service director: Sos Kem. Translated by Sos Kem. Additional reporting by RFA's Uyghur service. Uyghur service director: Dolkun Kamberi. Written for the Web in English by Joshua Lipes. Edited by Sarah Jackson-Han.
PHNOM PENH—Cambodia may not repatriate a group of asylum-seekers if they are to face capital punishment or torture back in China, a Cambodian spokesman said.
Khieu Kanharith, government spokesman and minister of information, said in an interview that the fate of the 22 ethnic Uyghurs hinges on whether and how the Chinese government intends to punish them in connction with deadly ethnic riots in July.
“There are several issues [to consider],” Khieu Kanharith said.
“For a criminal issue we would send them back. But for a political issue we would consider differently,” he said. “For a criminal issue, if it is serious to the point that they would have to be executed, we might not send them back because we don’t have capital punishment [in Cambodia],” he said.
The minister said that no decision had been made because the Cambodian government has yet to be contacted by the Chinese Embassy.
Smuggled into Cambodia
Twenty-two Uyghurs—a predominantly Muslim minority concentrated in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR)—have sought protection from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, according to Uyghur sources in Asia, who asked not be to named.
The Uyghurs are currently in the care of international Catholic organization the Jesuit Refugee Service, which declined to comment on the status of the group.
They fear being returned to China, which has close ties with Cambodia, Uyghur sources said.
This group, which includes two young children, was smuggled across the border from Vietnam into Cambodia, they said.
Only four members of the asylum-seekers agreed to be named.
They are Mutellip Mamut, who was born on July 10, 1980, Islam Urayim, born July 16, 1980, Hazirti ali Umar, born June 7, 1990, and Aikebaierjiang Tuniyazi, born Feb. 13, 1982.
Seeking asylum
The UNHCR has no offices in Vietnam, so anyone seeking asylum as a refugee must find a way into Cambodia, where it does operate.
UNHCR and Cambodian officials in Phnom Penh declined to comment on the case, although it has been learned that the UNHCR has met with the Uyghurs several times in small groups.
Repeated calls to the U.S. Embassy during working hours went unanswered.
According to a statement by the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress, exiled Uyghur leader Rebiya Kadeer and the organization’s general secretary Dolkun Isa are to meet officials at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva to discuss the Uyghur case in Cambodia.
Beijing accuses Kadeer of fomenting the July 5 violence in the XUAR capital, Urumqi, which was sparked after a peaceful protest about the deaths of Uyghur migrants in a factory in southern China turned into clashes with police.
Kadeer has accused the authorities of firing on unarmed protesters in Urumqi, sparking days of retaliatory rioting, burning, and mob violence from both Uyghur and Han Chinese ethnic groups in the city.
Uyghur detentions
Clashes first erupted between Han Chinese and ethnic Uyghurs on July 5, and at least 200 people were killed, by the government’s tally.
According to Uyghur sources in Asia, China has tightened its southeastern border after several groups of Uyghurs managed to bribe their way into Vietnam and then Cambodia to avoid possible detention for allegedly taking part in July 5 ethnic riots.
The sources said Chinese authorities have detained 31 Uyghurs since Sept. 15 in the southern cities of Shenzhen and Guangzhou and in the central city of Kunming, either for trying to flee the country or for allegedly aiding others in fleeing China.
A Chinese court sentenced three Uyghurs to death Friday for their alleged involvement during the rioting, bringing the number of death sentences in connection with the incident to 17.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said it has documented the disappearances of 43 men and boys in the Xinjiang region, but that the actual number of disappearances is likely far higher.
Police have meanwhile detained more than 700 people in connection with the unrest, according to earlier state news reports.
Uyghurs, a distinct and mostly Muslim ethnic group, have long complained of religious, political, and cultural oppression by Chinese authorities, and tensions have simmered in the Xinjiang region for years.
Original reporting by Chea Sotheacheat, Vuthy Huot and Chung Ravuth for RFA’s Khmer service. Khmer service director: Sos Kem. Translated by Sos Kem. Additional reporting by RFA's Uyghur service. Uyghur service director: Dolkun Kamberi. Written for the Web in English by Joshua Lipes. Edited by Sarah Jackson-Han.
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because he is either chkout or pleu!
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Nothing to do with a crime. The Ven. Tim Sakhorn is Khmer Krom. Under the Cambodian Constitution all Khmer Krom have the Cambodian Nationality like others of us. Therefore the Ven. Tim Sakhorn can't apply for an asylum in his own country.
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Because he only know how fuck with the weak people; just look at the pattern of Ah Jkuot & Pleu Hun.
Hun Sen violated Refugee Convention again.
This is a damaging policy to the world to show Cambodia is no sovereign with own spines.
We know that these guys in government are chkourt , they accept all others as refugees to save them from capital punishment but if you have khmer blood in your body,they shot you on the spot without trial.
So all criminal killers are welcome to Cambodia who will save your life, al-queda will not miss to come soon.
This is a high-stake issue;also, we're dealing with the Chinese, but I think the regime will do everything in their power to send these people back to China. Also, I don't think the regime would want to risk their relationship with the Chinese, that would put the chinese in an akward position.
Certainly, Ah Khiev Kanarith will delve into the issue to find and determine if there is any criminal involvment in the matter, and Ah Khiev will think so to appeace the commi. In the end Ah Sen will approve Ah Khiev for handling the issue. Yes, these people will be sent back to the communi country, unless the UN put pressure on the commi.
Our capital punishment is paid assassination.
Hun Sen' government just said to look good. He claimed to respect human right, refugee right. It is funny to hear them say this. Even its own people, Hun Sen's government never respect human right. Force eviction, land grabbing and political killing and persecuting. Let alone Chinese refugee. Can Hun Sen's government dare to face with giant China which also violate human right like Hun Sen? At the end of the day, Hun Sen's government will send them all back to China. You will see. This government never respects human right or refugee right.
Ven. Tim Sakhorn is khmer krom freedom fighter. He is a yuon prisoner and targeted and wanted by yuons. Hun sen, ever unconditional yuon slave, has no choice than obey to yuon order.
And of course, Ven. Tim Sakhorn is not the only freedom fighter victim of cpp and yuon political crimes but other thousands of Khmer krom mountagnard people are also targeted by yuons and its political tool, the cpp.
You never know : the al-queda people did chosen Afganistan because of A kwak Omar, and when they know, here in Cambodia ,we have A kwak Sen , they will come.
Why Hun Sen CPP government give Chinese people asylum and not his own Khmer, Bandit Tim Sokhorn? Because Hun Shen CPP hates all Khmer, they like Yuons and chinise better and they work hard for them, NOT their own Khmer.
To all Cambodian citizens, why you all keep voting the Hun Sen CPP? You know now they don't like you, they don't help you from Viet Congs steal your land, they kick you out of your house and burned your house in front of you, they take your land and give it to their big brothers, Viet Congs, and Chinese. So what you get out of Hun Sen CPP after you vote for him? Nothing..! You all are lucky that you still alive, but your days are numbered.
I urge you all Khmer people not to vote for Hun Sen CPP any more if you still love your country and wish to keep your land!! This is a serous matter!
Khmer in WA, USA
Hun Sen Start getting in the nerves of his big donor.
China will cut down free money to Hun Sen?
7:19 AM Khmer in WA
Sure you are an US citizen.
my Question : Will you able to apply for an Asylum in your own country, the United States ?
A jungle Khmer
Al-queda have more money to give than China. Hun Sen will give him-self to the best offer.
After the chinese have given so much 'unconditional' aid and loans to Cambodia, do you really think Cambodia won't be kissing the a$#e of China forever. If China wants these people back, they will go back if the Cambodian authorities have anything to do with it. Once all the news interest in this ethnic minority has moved on, they'll be shipped back in shipping containers if the Chinese demand it. Mr. Hun Sen has sold his country's soul to the devil (Chinese) who will use this country and then discard it once it's taken what it wants.
i think cambodia won't sent those Uyghers back to china.
1/ china don't gain anything, but more problems
2/ let cambodia score some points on human right.
The NGO’s activists of defence of human rights and other political party referring to the same cause (the defence of human rights), if you do not intervene to help these unfortunates Uighurs to obtain the asylum in Cambodia as they wish . If you do not intervene with the same zeal for these Uighurs as you had made to defend the bonze activist monk Tim Sakhorn, you betray the cause of human rights; and criticism of the government towards you is completely established ; you are a simple appendix of the sam rainsy party and pawns of this party, and it is that you will appear to the eyes of the Cambodian and international public opinion.
These Uyghurs are Muslims and Hun Sen cannot make enemy with the Muslim world whose numbers rise to 1.1 billion people.
If Hun Sen send back these Uyghurs, Communist China will kill them all just like Communist of Vietnam killed too million of the ethnic minorities in Vietnam, then Hun Sen will be held responsible for killing the Muslim people knowing that Chinese communists will kill them.
Hun Sen is doing business with the Muslim governments like Qata, Malaysia, etc., therefore he cannot send these Uyghurs back.
The fact in Cambodia, everything is not from Hun Sen, it is from Hanoi. And Hanoi will play another game against China by letting Hun Sen to let these Uyghurs stay in Cambodia.
Vietnam's cleaver games were to use the Muslims to cause troubles in Thailand and now refugees from China against China' policies invading in Vietnam.
But at this moment China stretching its arms to support Vietnam's expansionism in Cambodia the same as the US are doing with Vietnam for its own interest for Thaksin to return to power.
Hanoi plays so many political games to avoid from China taking its country and to take advantage to farther its expansionism to Thailand beyond Cambodia and Laos while China and US are competing in SEA.
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