{"id":4389,"date":"2018-11-04T17:04:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T17:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iuhrdf.org\/en\/2018\/11\/04\/dr-m-uighur-muslims-released-they-had-not-broken-malaysian-laws\/"},"modified":"2018-11-04T17:04:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T17:04:23","slug":"dr-m-uighur-muslims-released-they-had-not-broken-malaysian-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuhrdf.org\/en\/dr-m-uighur-muslims-released-they-had-not-broken-malaysian-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr M: Uighur Muslims released as they had not broken Malaysian laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"story\" id=\"slcontent_0_sleft_0_storyDiv\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-width: initial; border-style: none; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); overflow: hidden; border-width: initial; border-style: none; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.35em;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">KUALA LUMPUR: The 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims were released from <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Government&nbsp; custody<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> as they had not broken any Malaysian laws, said Prime Minister Tun <\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Dr<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> Mahathir Mohamad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); overflow: hidden; border-width: initial; border-style: none; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.35em;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">On Friday (Oct 12), it was reported that the Chinese government said it resolutely opposed Malaysia\u2019s decision to release the 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims from detention and send them to Turkey, ignoring China\u2019s request to hand them to Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); overflow: hidden; border-width: initial; border-style: none; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.35em;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The Uighurs were initially detained and charged with illegally entering Malaysia after breaking out of the Thai prison last November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\">However, it was reported that Malaysian prosecutors dropped charges against the Uighurs on humanitarian grounds and allowed them to travel to Turkey.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"divlastparagraph\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-width: initial; border-style: none;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: -10px; margin-left: -10px; border-width: initial; border-style: none; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 tags\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-width: initial; border-style: none; position: relative; min-height: 1px; float: left; width: 2278.59px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<p class=\"tags\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(74, 74, 74); overflow: hidden; border-width: initial; border-style: none; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.35em;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-width: initial; border-style: none; font-family: Lato, Arial, Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;\">Read more at https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/news\/nation\/2018\/10\/15\/dr-m-uighur-muslims-released-as-they-had-not-broken-malaysian-laws\/#zTaJilrGsr870G92.99<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR: The 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims were released from Government&nbsp; custody as they had not broken any Malaysian laws, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. 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