whether voters will agree. nhk world, bangkok. >>> the leader of ethnic uighurs living abroad says some 10,000 of her people have fled china since chinese authorities cracked down on their religious activities. she said they escaped to turkey by way of thailand, malaysia and elsewhere. the head of the world uighur congress spoke to reporters in tokyo on wednesday. kadeir said that since chinese president xi jinping came to power, china has strengthened restrictions on the religious activities of ethnic minorities. in the autonomous region. uighurs are turkish ethnic group. she said the tendency became more prevalent after a new chinese anti-terrorism law took effect last december. kadeer said many uighurs have been detained after being branded terrorists, for simply opposing what she called the government's oppressive ethnic policy. she appealed for the issue to be taken up at this week's g7 summit. the chinese government harshly criticizes her as an anti-chinese splittist. an official says she's virtually a puppet of western nations. >> trade seems to hold the key here. abe had a one-o