Kannavee Suebsang

On 28 February 2025, Kannavee refuted the Thai government's claims that the group of Uyghurs deported to China on 27 February 2025 had returned voluntarily.^[4] Kannavee cited a 10 July 2024 meeting with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where the officials identified Australia, the United States, and Sweden as offering to resettle the Uyghurs.^[5] The US State Department later confirmed their resettlement offers, along with sources from the governments of Australia and Canada, whose governments also confirmed their own resettlement offers, respectively.^[6][7]

Kannavee claimed to receive three letters written jointly by a group of 48 Uyghurs interned at Klongprem Central Prison to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, asking for asylum status.^[8] The letters also suggested the group had pleaded for Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra to deport them to a third county besides China.^[8]