5 Uygurs refuse to settle in Palau

KOROR, Palau: Five of 13 Guantanamo Bay detainees set for resettlement in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau do not want to go there, President Johnson Toribiong said yesterday.

Palau said earlier this month it had agreed to take the detainees, members of the Chinese Muslim Uygur ethnic group.

But Toribiong said only eight of 13 Uygur detainees destined for Palau had agreed to be interviewed by a delegation of Palau officials who visited the controversial US detention center at Guantanamo Bay last week.