China says 2 activists sent back by Thailand now detained

The Chinese government confirmed it has repatriated and detained two dissidents who were living in Thailand and had won UN recognition as refugees, a state-run newspaper reported 26 November.

Thai police handed over the two Chinese men — Jiang Yefei and Dong Guanping — to Chinese police this month, although the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees had arranged for their resettlement to another country, human rights groups said last week.

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