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Hong Kong denies knowledge about Uyghur student, slams Amnesty for saying he disappeared at airport

By ZEN SOO - May 27, 2023, 10:30 AM ET
Last Updated - Jun 21, 2023, 03:28 PM EDT
Hong Kong Missing Uyghur Student
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Hong Kong has criticized Amnesty International’s accusation that a Uyghur student disappeared after being interrogated at the airport

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong on Saturday criticized rights group Amnesty International’s accusation that a Uyghur student disappeared after being interrogated at the airport, and said that government records showed that he had not entered or been refused entry to the city.

Amnesty International said Friday that Abuduwaili Abudureheman, who was born in Xinjiang in western China, had traveled to Hong Kong from South Korea to visit a friend on May 10 but has since gone missing after he texted the friend about being interrogated after his arrival. He spent the last seven years studying in Seoul, completing a Ph.D. in sports and leisure in 2022, according to the group.

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In a statement, the government strongly condemned Amnesty’s “groundless and unfounded remarks" as an attempt to smear it.

“In fact, the records of the HKSAR Government show that the person has not entered or been refused entry by Hong Kong,” the statement read, referring to the official name of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. “The organization deliberately attacked the HKSAR Government and slandered the human rights situation in Hong Kong without checking the fact.”

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