US cuts off military vehicle shipments to Cambodia

Thu, 01 Apr 2010

Washington - The United States has suspended shipments of military vehicles to Cambodia in response to the government's decision to deport Uighurs to China, the State Department said Thursday.

The State Department informed Cambodia on March 19 that it will not be receiving the shipments of trucks and trailers.

"As we said, there would be consequences for their failure to live up to their international obligations," State Department spokesman PJ Crowley said.

Cambodia in December expelled the 20 Uighurs, or Chinese Muslims, who fled seeking asylum. Washington strongly objected to the move, saying Phnom Penh did not follow international asylum norms.

The United States fears that the Uighurs would be subjected to abuse if returned to China, and has refused to repatriate Uighurs who were captured in the war on terrorism in Afghanistan and held at the Guantanamo Bay prison facility.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/316817,us-cuts-off-military-vehicle-shipments-to-cambodia.html.