Bangkok, Dec 02 (ANI): On November 26, Thai police arrested Munir Mengal, founder of the Baloch Voice Association, and Bilal Baloch, a journalist, from a Bangkok hotel. Residents of France, both of them were deported for holding a conference on Balochistan. Police also arrested and interrogated Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) commissioner Bashir Naveed and placed him in a detention centre for over 24 hours the next day. He was later deported to Hong Kong. The conference titled “Balochistan Geopolitics and the Baloch! An analysis of Past, Present and Future” was to be held between November 28 and 30. Many delegates, who had already reached the venue to attend the conference, blamed the Thai government for acting against the Baloch and others at the behest of China and Pakistan, as the conference was about to raise the issue of multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. China is investing over 46 billion USD to construct China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a rail and road network from Xinjiang in China to Gwadar in Pakistan. The locals are opposing this economic corridor as they allege it will only help China’s business and strategic interests.
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