US, Japan Issue Security Alerts After Thailand's Uyghur Deportation

[webfact]

This photo provided by Thailand's daily web newspaper Prachatai shows a truck with black tape covering the windows leave a detention center in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025.(Nuttaphol Meksobhon/Prachatai via AP)

 

In a move triggering international concern, Thailand has secretly deported 40 Uyghur asylum seekers back to China, prompting the United States and Japan to issue security alerts for their nationals currently in the country. The deportation, which took place on Thursday, has reignited fears due to previous violent retaliations associated with similar actions.

 

The US Embassy in Bangkok, responding swiftly, highlighted the risks by recalling the 2015 incident where a bombing at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok led to the tragic loss of 20 lives, with 125 others injured. This attack followed a similar deportation of Uyghurs, underscoring the potentially grave implications of such decisions. The Erawan Shrine, a bustling location favoured by tourists including those from China, became a stark symbol of the risks involved.

 

In its advisory, the US Embassy has urged American citizens to exercise heightened caution when visiting crowded places, identifying tourist hotspots, shopping centres, and public transport systems as areas of potential risk. They also encouraged reviewing personal security strategies and adhering to local authority guidance.

 

Similarly, the Japanese Embassy has echoed these concerns, particularly given Japanese fatalities in the 2015 shrine bombing. Although the embassy maintains its overall risk assessment for Thailand remains unchanged, it advised Japanese citizens to remain vigilant, especially in areas prone to high tourist traffic.

 

Japan's warning emphasises the importance of caution at event venues, restaurants, hotels, religious sites, and other crowded locations. These areas could potentially be targeted, causing ripple effects through the expatriate and tourist communities alike.

The international community, including human rights organisations, has expressed grave concerns over Thailand's decision to deport the Uyghur group. These organisations have consistently warned about the risks faced by Uyghurs upon their forced return to China, including potential torture and ill-treatment. However, China has categorically dismissed these claims as "groundless lies."

 

This developing situation underscores the complexity of international relations and human rights politics, with nations on alert for any backlash that might arise from this controversial deportation. The stakes remain high, particularly for the Uyghurs themselves, who have been in Thailand for over a decade amid fears for their safety if returned to Chinese soil.

 

As the situation unfolds, both US and Japanese citizens are urged to stay informed and cautious during their time in Thailand, where vigilance remains a prudent course of action in the wake of recent events, reported Thai PBS.

 

-- 2025-03-01

 

 

 

[Aussie999]

time to place sanctions on Thailand, or more importantly, the assets of the government officials, they should also be taken to ICC.

[Tropicalevo]

Thailand managing to shoot itself in the foot - again, in its rush to appease its Chinese master.

Let's see if the tourist numbers from the USA and Japan suddenly dip.

As for that place on the UNHRC council - Thailand should be removed.

 

Does a 'security alert' invalidate insurance policies?

[NorthernRyland]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The US Embassy in Bangkok, responding swiftly, highlighted the risks by recalling the 2015 incident where a bombing at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok led to the tragic loss of 20 lives, with 125 others injured. This attack followed a similar deportation of Uyghurs, underscoring the potentially grave implications of such decisions. The Erawan Shrine, a bustling location favoured by tourists including those from China, became a stark symbol of the risks involved.

 

 

I forget now, what exactly happened here? Did Uyghur Muslims do the attack and thus Thailand deported them? If so it sounds like Thailand has a problem with this group and maybe they should be deporting them for their own safety.

[newbee2022]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

This photo provided by Thailand's daily web newspaper Prachatai shows a truck with black tape covering the windows leave a detention center in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025.(Nuttaphol Meksobhon/Prachatai via AP)

 

In a move triggering international concern, Thailand has secretly deported 40 Uyghur asylum seekers back to China, prompting the United States and Japan to issue security alerts for their nationals currently in the country. The deportation, which took place on Thursday, has reignited fears due to previous violent retaliations associated with similar actions.

 

The US Embassy in Bangkok, responding swiftly, highlighted the risks by recalling the 2015 incident where a bombing at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok led to the tragic loss of 20 lives, with 125 others injured. This attack followed a similar deportation of Uyghurs, underscoring the potentially grave implications of such decisions. The Erawan Shrine, a bustling location favoured by tourists including those from China, became a stark symbol of the risks involved.

 

In its advisory, the US Embassy has urged American citizens to exercise heightened caution when visiting crowded places, identifying tourist hotspots, shopping centres, and public transport systems as areas of potential risk. They also encouraged reviewing personal security strategies and adhering to local authority guidance.

 

Similarly, the Japanese Embassy has echoed these concerns, particularly given Japanese fatalities in the 2015 shrine bombing. Although the embassy maintains its overall risk assessment for Thailand remains unchanged, it advised Japanese citizens to remain vigilant, especially in areas prone to high tourist traffic.

 

Japan's warning emphasises the importance of caution at event venues, restaurants, hotels, religious sites, and other crowded locations. These areas could potentially be targeted, causing ripple effects through the expatriate and tourist communities alike.

The international community, including human rights organisations, has expressed grave concerns over Thailand's decision to deport the Uyghur group. These organisations have consistently warned about the risks faced by Uyghurs upon their forced return to China, including potential torture and ill-treatment. However, China has categorically dismissed these claims as "groundless lies."

 

This developing situation underscores the complexity of international relations and human rights politics, with nations on alert for any backlash that might arise from this controversial deportation. The stakes remain high, particularly for the Uyghurs themselves, who have been in Thailand for over a decade amid fears for their safety if returned to Chinese soil.

 

As the situation unfolds, both US and Japanese citizens are urged to stay informed and cautious during their time in Thailand, where vigilance remains a prudent course of action in the wake of recent events, reported Thai PBS.

 

-- 2025-03-01

 

 

 

Japan and US are doing the right things: Warning.

I hope EU and other countries would do the same ❗

[spidermike007]

Whatever backlash is taking place is well deserved, and the officials can only blame themselves for it. Sending those people back to China was an act of extreme cowardice, and it demonstrates a lack of morality and the presence of extreme moral bankruptcy within the government, and the Thaksin family, and the army and others. 

 

This is being done at a time when Thailand should be showing moral courage and should be standing up to despot empires like China and despot regimes like Burma. Instead they are cowering and lending them support, which is pathetic. 

 

And it is not just the Uyghur people who are being persecuted. China has heinous leadership. 

 

Falun Gong practitioners across China are subject to widespread surveillance, arbitrary detention, imprisonment, and torture, and they are at a high risk of extrajudicial execution. The party-state invests hundreds of millions of dollars annually in the campaign to crush Falun Gong, while simultaneously engaging in exploitative and lucrative forms of abuse against practitioners, including extortion and prison labor.

 

https://freedomhouse.org/report/2017/battle-china-spirit-falun-gong-religious-freedom

 

The Chinese government has imprisoned more than one million people since 2017 and subjected those not detained to intense surveillance, religious restrictions, forced labor, and forced sterilizations.

 

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/china-xinjiang-uyghurs-muslims-repression-genocide-human-rights

[goldenbrwn1]

If they have been using the old Muslim victim card and throwing bombs then kick em out. But if this is not the case then you still got to remove them if they are here illegally. Simples…..oh yeh the human rights thing , well visit London and see how that’s going……

 

I mean why does China want them back in the first place, if they are causing problems? Or is this a case of China being Chinese and Han only 

[trainman34014]

Just another example of Thai Polititians  taking the Brainless route they always take.   Wake them up with Sanctions; especially against 'Influential People', and it's not hard to recognise who they are !

[hotsun]

Youre going in the wrong direction Thailand and the world is paying attention

[jippytum]

Thailand's politicians put a low priority on human rights with another  example of Chinese coercion forcing persecuted people to life imprisonment and in many cases a death penalty. 

[NorthernRyland]

18 minutes ago, goldenbrwn1 said:

If they have been using the old Muslim victim card and throwing bombs then kick em out. But if this is not the case then you still got to remove them if they are here illegally. Simples…..oh yeh the human rights thing , well visit London and see how that’s going……

 

that's what he article implied to me. For all the woes with tourists they aren't bombing cities to avenge their fellow tourists previously done wrong by Thailand. Obviously these aren't groups you should be risking, if that's really what's happening here.

[Yagoda]

The CCP Han Chinese nomenklatura and people are the most ferocious racists ever.

[outsider]

30 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Whatever backlash is taking place is well deserved, and the officials can only blame themselves for it. Sending those people back to China was an act of extreme cowardice, and it demonstrates a lack of morality and the presence of extreme moral bankruptcy within the government, and the Thaksin family, and the army and others. 

 

This is being done at a time when Thailand should be showing moral courage and should be standing up to despot empires like China and despot regimes like Burma. Instead they are cowering and lending them support, which is pathetic. 

 

And it is not just the Uyghur people who are being persecuted. China has heinous leadership. 

 

Falun Gong practitioners across China are subject to widespread surveillance, arbitrary detention, imprisonment, and torture, and they are at a high risk of extrajudicial execution. The party-state invests hundreds of millions of dollars annually in the campaign to crush Falun Gong, while simultaneously engaging in exploitative and lucrative forms of abuse against practitioners, including extortion and prison labor.

 

https://freedomhouse.org/report/2017/battle-china-spirit-falun-gong-religious-freedom

 

The Chinese government has imprisoned more than one million people since 2017 and subjected those not detained to intense surveillance, religious restrictions, forced labor, and forced sterilizations.

 

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/china-xinjiang-uyghurs-muslims-repression-genocide-human-rights

 

It boggles the mind doesn't it? Every time someone spills a bit of tea, everyone is 'outraged' and worried about how it will affect the 'clean' image of Thailand. And then they do this...

 

 

[Kinok Farang]

Maybe if the West had taken a harder line on Islam then they wouldn't have been in the mess they are now.?

Just saying.

[spidermike007]

40 minutes ago, goldenbrwn1 said:

If they have been using the old Muslim victim card and throwing bombs then kick em out. But if this is not the case then you still got to remove them if they are here illegally. Simples…..oh yeh the human rights thing , well visit London and see how that’s going……

 

I mean why does China want them back in the first place, if they are causing problems? Or is this a case of China being Chinese and Han only 

In a sense you're right, I mean what difference would 50 people make in the grand scheme of things, right?

 

But the CCP is a morally bankrupt organization, a serial killing government, and for them it's all about power and pride. 

[outsider]

30 minutes ago, goldenbrwn1 said:

If they have been using the old Muslim victim card and throwing bombs then kick em out. But if this is not the case then you still got to remove them if they are here illegally. Simples…..oh yeh the human rights thing , well visit London and see how that’s going……

 

I mean why does China want them back in the first place, if they are causing problems? Or is this a case of China being Chinese and Han only 

 

This is what I've heard from some people. Unverified and may just be hearsay, but somehow it sort of makes sense. 

 

China is practising a form of 'genocide' (don't know if there is a better term for what I am about to share). But instead of openly murdering people, they are sending hordes of Hans to mix with the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. The Hans are 'encouraged' to live with the Uyghurs, brainwash them to tow the CCP line and, ultimately marry and start a family with them. This way, it will dilute the Uyghurs' genes, culture, identity etc. to a point where Uyghurs will simply cease to exist in the future.

 

Maybe this is why they want them back in China - they do not want even one to be spared of this 'conversion'. Maybe this is just another conspiracy theory, I don't know. Just sharing.

[spidermike007]

One of my greatest fears is that the US influence will continue to wane, and China will pick up the ball. They are not, nor will they ever be responsible guardians of the "public trust", as long as the CCP is in control. Not that America was always that. But, the CCP has nothing but evil intentions, in my opinion. World domination. And not what I would call "an overlord that wears their power lightly". And trump is allowing them to fill that void with his insane policies and his extreme lack of vision he gross the overestimates the influence that America has, on a daily basis. 

 

The only hope for the world, is the swift downfall of the CCP. One can dream. They seem to be heading toward world domination. Though the Americans certainly have their faults, and alot to answer for, I would take them as a dominant force over China, any day of the week. 

 

China does not wear their power lightly. A couple of quotes that come to mind.

[MikeandDow]

5 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

In a sense you're right, I mean what difference would 50 people make in the grand scheme of things, right?

 

But the CCP is a morally bankrupt organization, a serial killing government, and for them it's all about power and pride. 

Thailand knows all about serial killing !! it has done its fair share

[Taboo2]

Rest assured, you will never hear of those people once they land in China.

[outsider]

27 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

One of my greatest fears is that the US influence will continue to wane, and China will pick up the ball. They are not, nor will they ever be responsible guardians of the "public trust", as long as the CCP is in control. Not that America was always that. But, the CCP has nothing but evil intentions, in my opinion. World domination. And not what I would call "an overlord that wears their power lightly". And trump is allowing them to fill that void with his insane policies and his extreme lack of vision he gross the overestimates the influence that America has, on a daily basis. 

 

The only hope for the world, is the swift downfall of the CCP. One can dream. They seem to be heading toward world domination. Though the Americans certainly have their faults, and alot to answer for, I would take them as a dominant force over China, any day of the week. 

 

China does not wear their power lightly. A couple of quotes that come to mind.

 

Agreed. As they say, you need a bully to deal with a bully. It's as simple as that.

[spidermike007]

32 minutes ago, MikeandDow said:

Thailand knows all about serial killing !! it has done its fair share

While that might be true, certainly in it's past, it would take millennia to catch up with the CCP or Russia. 

[NoDisplayName]

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

The CCP Han Chinese nomenklatura and people are the most ferocious racists ever.

 

Damn straight!

 

The dang rayciss CCP guys wouldn't even let the Uygher minority participate in the one-child policy, forcing them to have the right to have multiple children.  It wasn't until 2017 that Han Chinese in Xinjiang were permitted a second child.

 

And then they had the nerve to have set-asides and quotas to guarantee spots for minorities in hiring and education.

 

Dass rayciss!

[webcrawler00]

1 hour ago, NorthernRyland said:

 

I forget now, what exactly happened here? Did Uyghur Muslims do the attack and thus Thailand deported them? If so it sounds like Thailand has a problem with this group and maybe they should be deporting them for their own safety.

You need to done some fact checking and be better informed before you comment. Please 

[NorthernRyland]

8 minutes ago, webcrawler00 said:

You need to done some fact checking and be better informed before you comment. Please 

that was a question, I stated no facts.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

As for that place on the UNHRC council - Thailand should be removed.

Agree totally, they should be kicked out immediately with a 10 year ban on trying to regain a seat.

Thailand and it's humanitarian policies are shameful

[thesetat]

from what i understand these people were snuck out by plane in the middle of the night. Who does this unless they are trying to hide something, 

 

I asked wife about it. She thinks these people were part of online gambling. This is what she read in thai.. and that currently thailand is tying very hard to get rid of scammers and gambling. She also seemed angry about it in that Thailand has been supporting them for so long and why Thais should do this? I know my wifes thinking and it was quite odd to hear her say this. 

So I am inclined to think, although not sure, that the Thailand news is passing along information that is not true so the Thais will accept what they did as justified. 

[NoDisplayName]

Just now, thesetat said:

from what i understand these people were snuck out by plane in the middle of the night. Who does this unless they are trying to hide something, 

 

Were they being sent to Guantanamo where domestic laws don't apply?  Were they shackled, blindfolded, put in diapers for the entire flight?  Did they stop off at a black site along the way for a little "enhanced interrogation" with electrical cables and broom handles?

 

 

[Expat Tom]

Thailand is just doing the bidding of "Big Brother" in China. Nothing unusual to see here.

I have two bags. "RFL" -Reasons for Leaving and "RFS" - Reasons for Staying. I think I'll file

this story in my RFL bag.

In actual fact, I've been here for too many years already. Thailand is growing stale for me.

I have been living in Thailand fulltime for over 10 years. In 2025 I will split my time and live

elsewhere 6 months a  year. I think I will appreciate Thailand a lot more if I spend less time 

here.

[Expat Tom]

I abhor war. I have seen war up close and personal. If there ever was a war I would not want Thailand as an ally.

They would either shoot themselves accidently in the foot becoming a liability or accidently shoot their friends in the back.  This is NOT are reflection on their military. It is a reflection on their leadership. 

[Shocked farang]

6 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

 

I forget now, what exactly happened here? Did Uyghur Muslims do the attack and thus Thailand deported them? If so it sounds like Thailand has a problem with this group and maybe they should be deporting them for their own safety.

Let me explain, this "group", the so called Uyghur, happens to be a Muslim minority in China. That's why they clash with the mainstream Chinese culture. Thailand itself has it's own issues with Muslim separatists in the South, they often resort to explosions, violence. So, at least some of the Thai Muslims identify with the Uyghur groups, so they carried out the attack to the Erawan shrine.