China angered by UN human rights chief attendance at award event for jailed Uighur activist

China is protesting the attendance of the United Nations human rights chief at an award ceremony celebrating the work of a prominent Chinese activist.

The human rights chief Zied Ra'ad al Hussein was at the event in Geneva, where Ilham Tohti received an award for his advocacy for the Muslim Uighur people. 

Our UN correspondent Liling Tan reports. 

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