China says Uighur asylum seekers are criminals (AP) _life

China says Uighur asylum seekers are criminals (AP)

FILE - Former Guantanamo detainees, left to right, Khelil Mamut, Ablakim Turahun, and Salahidin Abdulahat eat ice cream at a shop near Hamilton, on the island of Bermuda, in this June 14, 2009 file photo. The three are among four Chinese ethnic Uighurs who have been released from U.S. military custody after years in Guantanamo, and are being resettled in Bermuda. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File) AP - China on Tuesday warned the United Nations refugee program not to be a "haven for criminals" as it signaled it wanted the return of 22 Muslim Uighurs who fled to Cambodia after deadly ethnic rioting this summer.