Swedish authorities have arrested an ethnic Uyghur man who lives in Stockholm on suspicion of spying on fellow Uyghurs in Sweden, according to the prosecutors. The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), an international organization that aims to represent the majority-Muslim population in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, confirmed the arrest on Wednesday based on a court document it had seen. The WUC has identified the individual as “Dilshat Reshit, who has served as the WUC’s Chinese-language spokesperson since 2004,” and said that after an urgent meeting the body’s leadership decided to remove Reshit from his position.
Sweden arrests senior Uyghur representative on suspicion of spying for China (Alexander Martin, The Record)
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