The UK government’s failure to investigate cotton product imports allegedly linked to forced labour by China’s Muslim Uyghur minority in its Xinjiang region is “unlawful”, Britain’s High Court heard Tuesday. The court is being asked to decide a case brought by the German-based World Uyghur Congress (WUC), which wants British authorities to launch a criminal probe into the sale of goods sourced from Xinjiang, in northwest China. The non-governmental organisation — which is suing the UK’s interior ministry, tax department and the National Crime Agency (NCA) — argues the region’s cotton factory…