U.N. labor group makes low-profile visit to Xinjiang

Uyghur activists say trip serves Communist Party's interests

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Seed cotton is moved at a processing plant in Kashgar, in China's Xinjiang region, in April 2021. (cnsphoto via Reuters)

PAK YIU, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- The United Nations International Labour Organization last week quietly paid a visit to Xinjiang, where millions of Muslim Uyghurs allegedly have been subjected to arbitrary detention and forced labor.

A group of ILO delegates led by Corinne Vargha, head of the ILO's international labor standards department, met with the Communist Party chief for the region, Ma Xingrui.

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