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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kanis Leung and Hyung-Jin Kim

Rights group says Uyghur student reported to be missing in Hong Kong did not travel to city

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Amnesty International said Tuesday that a Uyghur student who it had said was missing in Hong Kong after being interrogated did not travel to the city, easing concerns over his safety but raising questions over how the allegations first emerged.

The human rights group said last 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 and had not been heard from since he texted his friend about being questioned at the city's airport.

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