Chinese envoy to Australia says reports of detention of Uighurs 'fake news'

Published on 20 Dec 2019 2:25:05 PM

China’s ambassador to Australia has labelled reports on the detention of one million Muslim ethnic Uighurs in Xinjiang province as fake news.

Cheng Jingye said that in a press conference in Canberra on Friday, and also defended China’s detention of former Chinese diplomat turned writer, Yang Hengjun.