Australian politicians have expressed grave concerns over the details of a New York Times exposé on the Chinese crackdown on ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region.
More than 400 pages of leaked internal Chinese Communist Party documents revealed President Xi Jingping’s decree for “absolutely no mercy”.
Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne labelled the New York Times reports “disturbing” saying they reinforced Australia’s resolve to raise their human rights concerns with Beijing.
China has rejected international criticism of its mass-internment camps in Xinjiang and denies mistreatment of ethnic minorities.