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Chinese police are continuing the crackdown at Urumqi though one thousand persons were detained in the immediate wake of ethnic riots last month. The majority of the suspects are Uighurs, a local Sunni Muslim minority that the Chinese government blamed for much of the violence between Han Chinese settlers and local Muslims in Xinjiang province that shares border with Pakistan and Central Asia.
‘Every suspect, without any exception, will be arrested and punished according to the law to root out any hidden danger’, an official announcement from the Urumqi Public Security Bureau said.
The police have not released a full count of the people being held, but the figures published in the state media add up to 2,000.
Rebiya Kadeer, the leader of the World Uighur Congress in Washington has claimed that 10,000 people have ‘disappeared’. While she has not substantiated her claim, the Chinese officials have rejected the accusation as completely fabricated.
The trial of the suspects is expected in the next few weeks. And those found guilty could face execution.
‘Every suspect, without any exception, will be arrested and punished according to the law to root out any hidden danger’, an official announcement from the Urumqi Public Security Bureau said.
The police have not released a full count of the people being held, but the figures published in the state media add up to 2,000.
Rebiya Kadeer, the leader of the World Uighur Congress in Washington has claimed that 10,000 people have ‘disappeared’. While she has not substantiated her claim, the Chinese officials have rejected the accusation as completely fabricated.
The trial of the suspects is expected in the next few weeks. And those found guilty could face execution.
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