U.K. lawmakers want Xinjiang governor arrested on London visit

Tuniyaz, sanctioned by U.S., also intends to visit EU home Brussels

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Erkin Tuniyaz, governor of the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, is expected to visit London amid outrage from British lawmakers who have highlighted alleged rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims there. © Reuters

PAK YIU, KENJI KAWASE and RHYANNON BARLETT-IMADEGAWA, Nikkei staff writers

HONG KONG/LONDON -- A group of British lawmakers has urged the U.K. to arrest a U.S.-sanctioned top Xinjiang official if he goes ahead with his planned visit to London.

The government should give "serious consideration" to a request to approve a private prosecution of Erkin Tuniyaz, the governor of China's northwestern Xinjiang region, seven Members of Parliament said in a letter to Attorney General Victoria Prentis.

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