PM: Uighur Muslims released as they 'did nothing wrong in M'sia'

Alyaa AlhadjriPublished: Oct 15, 2018 4:00 AM | Updated: Oct 15, 2018 7:48 AM

Amid a protest from China, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today that the government released 11 ethnic Uighur Muslims from its custody as they had not broken any law in Malaysia.

"They have not done anything wrong in this country, so they were released," Mahathir told reporters in the Parliament complex...

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