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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Authorities confirm death of uyghur asylum seeker - What They Never Told You

About 200 illegal migrants believed to be Uyghurs who had travelled from northwestern China were arrested in Rattaphum district of Songkhla in March 2014. (Bangkok Post File Photo)

The Immigration Bureau has confirmed that a 49-year-old Uyghur asylum seeker who had been detained for years at the Bangkok Immigration Detention Centre had died.

A source familiar with the case told the Bangkok Post that following the man’s death, authorities contacted the office of the Chularatchamontree — the leader of Thailand’s Muslim community — to arrange for his immediate burial.

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