A watchtower on a high-security facility near what is believed to be a re-education camp where mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained, on the outskirts of Hotan, in China's northwestern Xinjiang region Photograph:( AFP )
The Independent: China races to destroy records after leaks reveal information on Uighur Muslim detention camps
At least one million have been detained, according to estimates
A Chinese local government is deleting data and destroying documents after classified papers were leaked offering information on its mass detention camps for Uighurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities, according to four people in contact with government employees there.
They claimed regional officials in Xinjiang province are also tightening controls on information and have held high-level meetings following the leaks.
Top officials deliberated how to respond in meetings at the Chinese Communist Party's regional headquarters in Urumqi, Xinjiang's capital, some of the people said.
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