China hints at Pak link in training of 6 Uighurs
Tacitly pointing a finger at close ally Pakistan, China on Friday froze assets of six absconding terrorists of a separatist outfit in Xinjiang, the native province of Muslim Uighurs, and called on foreign countries to arrest and hand them over.
Chinese police on Friday published a list of six militants, who were stated to be native Uighurs. Without directly naming Pakistan, a statement issued by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security said they had spent some time in “a certain south Asian country”, where they reported to have undergone training in terror attacks, suicide bombings and knife attacks. All six are “core members” of the banned East Turkistan Islamic Movement, (ETIM), it said.
“The ministry hoped that foreign governments and their law enforcing departments would help to arrest the six and hand them over to Chinese authorities,” an official of the ministry was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency. “The group is the most direct and real threat China faces for its security,” he said.
Asked at a media briefing here Friday whether the Public Security statement referred to Pakistan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the question should be referred to relevant ministry. But at the same time he said ETIM is a US Security Council listed terrorist organisation and “it is universally recgonised in the international community as an organisation has engaged in lot of activities of crime and violence”.
ETIM is not only a serious threat to China but also endangers peace security of “relevant countries and the region”, he said. “Fighting ETIM is an important part of the international campaign against terrorism. The international community should unite as one to jointly fight terrorism,” he said.
Tacitly pointing a finger at close ally Pakistan, China on Friday froze assets of six absconding terrorists of a separatist outfit in Xinjiang, the native province of Muslim Uighurs, and called on foreign countries to arrest and hand them over.
Chinese police on Friday published a list of six militants, who were stated to be native Uighurs. Without directly naming Pakistan, a statement issued by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security said they had spent some time in “a certain south Asian country”, where they reported to have undergone training in terror attacks, suicide bombings and knife attacks. All six are “core members” of the banned East Turkistan Islamic Movement, (ETIM), it said.
“The ministry hoped that foreign governments and their law enforcing departments would help to arrest the six and hand them over to Chinese authorities,” an official of the ministry was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency. “The group is the most direct and real threat China faces for its security,” he said.
Asked at a media briefing here Friday whether the Public Security statement referred to Pakistan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the question should be referred to relevant ministry. But at the same time he said ETIM is a US Security Council listed terrorist organisation and “it is universally recgonised in the international community as an organisation has engaged in lot of activities of crime and violence”.
ETIM is not only a serious threat to China but also endangers peace security of “relevant countries and the region”, he said. “Fighting ETIM is an important part of the international campaign against terrorism. The international community should unite as one to jointly fight terrorism,” he said.
This is the second time in a month that Pakistan’s reference surfaced in connection with the Xinjiang militants. Recently, Nur Bekri, Chairman of Xinjiang regional government said here on the sidelines of the Parliament session that China had found “thousand one links” with terrorist groups in Pakistan. “We have certainly discovered that East Turkestan activists and terrorists in our neighbouring states have a thousand and one links. The Pakistani government has also expressed the willingness to maintain China’s sovereignty and core interests in fighting terrorism against China,” he said.
The six named Friday were Nurmemet Memetmin, Abdulkyum Kurban, Paruh Tursun, Tursunjan Ebibla, Nurmemet Raxit, and Mamat Imin Nurmamat, all Uighurs from Xinjiang.
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Chinese police on Friday published a list of six militants, who were stated to be native Uighurs. Without directly naming Pakistan, a statement issued by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security said they had spent some time in “a certain south Asian country”, where they reported to have undergone training in terror attacks, suicide bombings and knife attacks. All six are “core members” of the banned East Turkistan Islamic Movement, (ETIM), it said.
“The ministry hoped that foreign governments and their law enforcing departments would help to arrest the six and hand them over to Chinese authorities,” an official of the ministry was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency. “The group is the most direct and real threat China faces for its security,” he said.
Asked at a media briefing here Friday whether the Public Security statement referred to Pakistan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the question should be referred to relevant ministry. But at the same time he said ETIM is a US Security Council listed terrorist organisation and “it is universally recgonised in the international community as an organisation has engaged in lot of activities of crime and violence”.
ETIM is not only a serious threat to China but also endangers peace security of “relevant countries and the region”, he said. “Fighting ETIM is an important part of the international campaign against terrorism. The international community should unite as one to jointly fight terrorism,” he said.
Tacitly pointing a finger at close ally Pakistan, China on Friday froze assets of six absconding terrorists of a separatist outfit in Xinjiang, the native province of Muslim Uighurs, and called on foreign countries to arrest and hand them over.
Chinese police on Friday published a list of six militants, who were stated to be native Uighurs. Without directly naming Pakistan, a statement issued by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security said they had spent some time in “a certain south Asian country”, where they reported to have undergone training in terror attacks, suicide bombings and knife attacks. All six are “core members” of the banned East Turkistan Islamic Movement, (ETIM), it said.
“The ministry hoped that foreign governments and their law enforcing departments would help to arrest the six and hand them over to Chinese authorities,” an official of the ministry was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency. “The group is the most direct and real threat China faces for its security,” he said.
Asked at a media briefing here Friday whether the Public Security statement referred to Pakistan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the question should be referred to relevant ministry. But at the same time he said ETIM is a US Security Council listed terrorist organisation and “it is universally recgonised in the international community as an organisation has engaged in lot of activities of crime and violence”.
ETIM is not only a serious threat to China but also endangers peace security of “relevant countries and the region”, he said. “Fighting ETIM is an important part of the international campaign against terrorism. The international community should unite as one to jointly fight terrorism,” he said.
This is the second time in a month that Pakistan’s reference surfaced in connection with the Xinjiang militants. Recently, Nur Bekri, Chairman of Xinjiang regional government said here on the sidelines of the Parliament session that China had found “thousand one links” with terrorist groups in Pakistan. “We have certainly discovered that East Turkestan activists and terrorists in our neighbouring states have a thousand and one links. The Pakistani government has also expressed the willingness to maintain China’s sovereignty and core interests in fighting terrorism against China,” he said.
The six named Friday were Nurmemet Memetmin, Abdulkyum Kurban, Paruh Tursun, Tursunjan Ebibla, Nurmemet Raxit, and Mamat Imin Nurmamat, all Uighurs from Xinjiang.
Source http://www.indianexpress.com/news/china-hints-at-pak-link-in-training-of-6-uighurs/933598/0
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