awareness drive: He said he had not been taken by either the Chinese or Chinese spies, according to The Japan Times. Kazakh authorities have not made an official statement on the arrest. Serikjan Bilash, who has led a loud awareness drive centered on ethnic Kazakh victims of China's crackdown in the region, was arrested in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, and flown to the capital Astana, his partner told AFP. ; Bilash appeared on Sunday in a video filmed by Kazakh police confirming he was facing charges of inciting hatred, although it was not immediately clear what motivated the charges. The Central Asian country, which shares a border with Xinjiang province, has been on diplomatic tiptoes since major trade partner China began to forcibly send ethnic Kazakhs to internment camps under its anti-extremism policy. It seems to be very serious, Bilash's partner, Leila Adiljan, said. They took my husband in the early hours of Sunday and transferred him by plane to Astana.
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