Chinese Authorities Jail Four Wealthiest Uyghurs in Xinjiang’s Kashgar in New Purge
2018-01-05
Authorities in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region have jailed the four wealthiest ethnic Uyghurs in Kashgar (in Chinese, Kashi) city for acts of “religious extremism,†according to an official, amid a crackdown he said is unlikely to end any time soon.
A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, recently told RFA’s Uyghur Service that Abdujelil Hajim, Gheni Haji, Memet Tursun Haji, and Imin Hajim—all successful business owners in Kashgar—were taken into custody in May 2017.
The four men, whose last names signify that they have made the Muslim holy pilgrimage to Mecca, were later sentenced to a total of 42 years in prison, the source said.
Continued at: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/wealthiest-01052018144327.html
Suffice it to say, China has its own problems in this area but it seems some countries are not too concerned about the human rights violations going on in other countries and it is a balancing act whether it be the Philippines or Pakistan etc. I have no great dislike for China; and it seems if anywhere it would be difficult to get an effective insurgency to go on, it would be China. Nonetheless, a lot of people from the Far East, China, Indonesia, have gone to the ME to fight in ISIS.
