A prominent Uyghur scholar was detained and deported from Malaysia last month, in what rights advocates said illustrates how China silences its critics beyond its borders.
Abdulhakim Idris, a U.S. citizen, said he was stopped by Malaysian immigration officers upon arriving in Kuala Lumpur on the morning of March 29.
A man who identified himself as a Malaysian Royal Police officer informed Idris that he was denied entry and would be sent back to the United States, according to Idris’s accounts of the incident published by Freedom House on April 16.
Idris described being interrogated for about five hours before being sent to a temporary detention center at the Kuala Lumpur airport, where he was held for 21 hours. At around 4 a.m. local time on March 30, he was put on a deportation flight. He only got his passport back while transiting in Istanbul….
US Citizen, a Uyghur Scholar, Says He Was Detained and Deported From Malaysia
