China rejects groundless accusations of so-called enforced disappearances

China's Permanent Mission to the United Nations on Tuesday categorically opposed and rejected accusations against China on enforced disappearances.

United States Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield used the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on Tuesday to issue a statement "to launch groundless accusations against China and interfere in the work of international organizations". China categorically opposes and rejects this, said China's Permanent Mission to the UN in a statement released on Tuesday.

An enforced disappearance is considered to be any form of deprivation of liberty by agents of the State or by persons or groups of persons acting with the authorization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of liberty, according to the UN.