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The interrogation of three Chinese men detained near Murgo sector in Jammu and Kashmir a fortnight back has been stuck for want of a Yarkendi translator.
Officials said the men,who reportedly belong to the Uyghur community,speak the Yarkendi dialect. Yarkand is a county in Chinas Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
An Army convoy had spotted the men,said to be in their early twenties,on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control and detained them on June 12. Although officials have not been able to establish their motive,preliminary questioning revealed they were headed to Pakistan.
The men have managed to communicate that since they did not have valid passports,they sneaked in with the help of an agent. A private translator asked security agencies to bring the men to Srinagar where he could speak to them,sources said.
Our men can speak basic Chinese but these men are speaking in Yarkendi, said a source,adding that either a translator has to be taken to Murgo or the men brought to Leh.
We recovered a few political maps from them. They also had some currency notes and their bags were stacked with dry ration, said the source. We have hit a wall. Even the documents they have on them are in Yarkendi. These have to be deciphered for more clarity.
