Noor Rashid Ibrahim

Malaysia detains 8 suspects for questioning about Thai blast

National deputy police chief Noor Rashid Ibrahim said they were detained in the past week in Kuala Lumpur as well as in northeastern Kelantan state.

Uighurs are an ethnic minority in China and complain of oppression by the government. Some Uighurs (pronounced WEE-gurs) have been involved in a separatist movement in the Chinese region of Xinjiang where most of them live.