bangkok twenty ethnic uighur muslims china break detention center near thai-malaysia border thai officials say monday dig hole wall use blanket ladder 20 part last remain group 200 uighurs detain 2014. members group identify turkish citizens ask send turkey 100 forcibly return china july 2015 move spark international condemnation include right group fear could face torture china hundreds people die recent years china trouble far western region xinjiang due violence majority han chinese uighurs speak turkic language years hundreds possibly thousands uighurs escape unrest xinjiang travel clandestinely via southeast asia turkey twenty-five uighurs dig cell wall use break tile use blanket climb cell make dramatic escape detention center thailand southern songkhla province immigration officials say five catch rest flee officials say twenty still large police captain prasit timmakarn sub-inspector detention center tell reuters add heavy rain help mask loud escape noise prasit say authorities set checkpoints along border august 2015 bomb plant bangkok erawan shrine kill 20 people foreign tourists thai police arrest two uighur men still trial authorities say attack prompt early crackdown human smuggle network many analysts diplomats say likely act revenge thailand deportation china 100 uighurs chinese government blame much xinjiang unrest separatist islamist militants though right group exile say anger tighten chinese control religion culture uighurs blame china routinely deny repression xinjiang twenty chinese uighurs use blanket escape thai cell