Uighers Press Release
September 11, 2009 at 2:09 pm 15 comments
Office of the President
PRESS RELEASE
On the status of the Uighers from the Office of the President, Republic of Palau.
The Capitol, Republic of Palau. The Government of the Republic of Palau stands firm on its commitment to accept the temporary resettlement of the Uighers in Palau from Guantanamo Detention Facility and is presently waiting for the United States Government to advise them on the number and identity of the Uighers who have agreed to be temporarily resettled in Palau and the date of their arrival.
signed
Johnson Toribiong
President
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1. yoko | September 14, 2009 at 8:18 pm
thanks for keeping us posted. please continue to give us updates on Uighers status.
2. soup79 | September 15, 2009 at 4:30 am
Yap! keep us updated
3. dS | September 25, 2009 at 10:24 am
Came across the following website on the net. I really wonder what Belau will be like in 2050
http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/2009/06/palau_to_become_muslim_nation_in_future.html
4. Sandy | September 25, 2009 at 11:56 am
Mr. President,
I just read on the BBC web site about your creation of a shark sanctuary. May I be among the first to applaud your initiative on such an important environmental issue. On behalf of future generations, thank you.
Respectfully,
Sandy Gougis, JD
USA
5. moumar | September 26, 2009 at 4:46 am
great photo
6. CDR Robert Meltel ,USCG | October 17, 2009 at 6:40 pm
I WANT TO COMMEND THE PRESIDENT FOR ACCEPTING THE UIGHERS.THAT WAS ONE GREAT AND HARD DECISION BUT IT PLACED PALAU ON THE TOP OF THE LIST. IT MADE ME PROUD HEARING MY STAFF HERE AT D.C TALKING ABOUT THE SMMALLEST ISLAND THAT STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE DURING THIS TIME..THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR GREAT WORK AND KEEP IT UP ,,,SALUTE ,CDR Meltel
7. mahmud | November 2, 2009 at 6:01 am
latest Uigher update below:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/31/source-6-gitmo-detainees-_n_341202.html
8. idunno | November 4, 2009 at 3:42 am
Palau is our mother land. And with our great support for our chosen leaders, WE COULD THIS!
I am totally behind the decision made by President Toribiong and all the great leaders leading our small island nation.
Look on the bright side.The decision made to accept the Uighers will also have great benefits to ROP and the people. It will help generate the economy with employment and provide to the citizens and the immigrants in Palau.
With our small island nation, I am not surprise with this decision regarding the Uighers. It is for the best, but i am afraid and nervous that there will be more decisions like this to come in the future, just to keep the Island afloat.
9. idunno | November 4, 2009 at 4:12 am
Chinese? Not that it matters where they come from!!Thats the most booming nation with an economy thats growin about 8% every year.
THEY ARE CRIMINALS!!! HOW COULD THEY LET them be HOUSED BY THE STREET IN KOROR? THEY SHOULD NEVER GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY!!!! TO BE IN PUBLIC? OUTRAGEOUS!!! PLEASE TAKE EXTRA MEASURES TO SECURE THE CRIMINALS!!! WHO KNOWS WAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF!!!!! THEY WERE HOUSE IN THE MOST NOTORIOUS PRISON!!!!! MAYBE THEY ALREADY GOT PLANS THAT NO BODY KNOWS ABOUT!!!!!!
I am sweating bullets, and dont know how you all sleep at night!!! i wouldnt be able to. SECURE THE DARN DEGENERATES!!!! MORE LIKE PLEASE PLEASE SECURE THE PUBLIC!!!!
10. Concerned | November 11, 2009 at 9:59 am
Dear idunno,
Referring to your comment dated November 4, 2009 at 4:12 am, I wonder if you will have the same attitude towards former President Remengesau now that he is a convicted criminal?
11. Sam | November 11, 2009 at 12:10 pm
I submitted this same inquiry on Alekokau but it was erased by Kambes. I will ask again. Casmir Remengesau just testified on behalf of his brother former President TR jr in front of Associate Justice Kathleen Salii. It is a known fact in the palauan community that Justice Salii and the president’s younger brother Casmir were in a romantic relationship for a number of years. Why was this issue not raised because this potentiality for conflict of interest? From the get go, the trial should have been presided over by a non-palauan because of its high nature and the cultural/familial ties that bind all of us as palauans.
12. Aries Kong | February 23, 2010 at 10:50 pm
Dear Mr. President,
I got an excellent and practical idea which could provide huge income for the government of Palau and those money could be used for helping Palau people .
In Hong Kong, there has been a hot topic in these several years: investment immigration. A lot of people from mainland China are desperate to get Hong Kong Citizenship and therefore invest 6.5 millions HK dollars in Hong Kong to get one. However, the mainpoint is that before people from mainland can make such immigration application, he and his family MUST GET A THIRD COUNTRY’S CITIZENSHIP. Actually now some african countries provide the third country’s citizenship to those applicants and those countries get huge income from it. AS A MATTER OF FACT, NO CHINESE PEOPLE would ever go to those countries and all they want is to satisfy the immigration policy in Hong Kong. I am from Hong Kong and actually I am from immigration consultancy firm here, if your country would consider this option, and I would more than happy to promote Palau. Should you have any questions, please feel free to email me. Thank you very much
13. Hudonwancha | March 14, 2010 at 1:11 am
Mr. President, this sounds like a scam…The rest of the world thinks we’d sell our own grandmothers for money… Please Mr. President, don’t compromise us….
14. more concerned | May 5, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Wait wait!! First of all! lets not point fingers here!! Its not that I have never pointed fingers before but, all I’m saying is since we’re in President Toribiongs administration lets not talk about Senator TR jr.
Secondly… lets not discriminate the Uighers now that they have a place to call home. I am not saying that I dont like the fact that they are already living in Palau and Its not that I didn’t want them here! And to “idunno” for your information they are not CRIMINALS!! We and I mean every body, and nobody knows for sure if they really are criminals or not… only they know!! you dont even know the story behind the UIGHERS case!!
MY POINT IS LETS STOP POINTING FINGERS TO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND LETS TRY AND FIND A BETTER WAY TO LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE!!!!
WHAT DO YOU THINK?!?!?!?
RESPECTFULLY,
MORE CONCERNED
15. hudonwancha | May 6, 2010 at 6:42 am
Hey “more concerned”, Let’s just kill them all and throw them in the waters of Ngerdiluches. Anybody know where that is? Anyways, sharks will clean everything up for us. What say you???