Australia should sanction Chinese officials involved in human rights abuses against Uyghurs, says former Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
“The question naturally arises whether our new sanctions regime should be applied to any Chinese nationals for human rights abuses, especially in Xinjiang,” Morrison told attendees of an Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 17.
“There is certainly credible and actionable evidence that has been gathered against such individuals,” he said. “It is now a matter for the new government to consider.”
Morrison lost office following an electoral defeat in the May 2022 election but was a key figure in positioning Australia to better deal with the Chinese Communist Party threat, including playing an integral role in pulling together the AUKUS deal….