China slams 'Uygur tribunal' as farce

China on Thursday strongly condemned the second set of public hearings by a "Uygur tribunal" on false accusations about the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, calling its activities a farce to smear the region.

The "Uygur tribunal", based in the United Kingdom, is simply a nongovernment entity founded by some anti-China forces. Its nature is about political manipulation, Zheng Zeguang, China's ambassador to the UK, said during an online news conference on Thursday.

Its organizers have put together actors who have been making up stories and the so-called tribunal has no legal basis and the so-called evidence is nothing but performances, Zheng said. Its organizers aim to attack China, and may disturb the smooth development of China-UK ties, he added.