Rights group says Uyghur student reported to be missing in Hong Kong did not travel to city

By KANIS LEUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM
Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Amnesty International says a Uyghur student who it had said was missing in Hong Kong after being interrogated did not travel to the city, easing concerns over his safety but raising questions over how the allegations first emerged. The human rights group said last Friday that Abuduwaili Abudureheman, who was born in Xinjiang in western China, had traveled to Hong Kong from South Korea to visit a friend and had not been heard from since he texted his friend about being questioned at the city’s airport. But Amnesty International said the student told the group on Tuesday that he did not travel to Hong Kong, The school where he studies in Seoul also said he is still in South Korea.