China announces names of eight "Eastern Turkistan" terrorists
21/10/2008 17:17
Chinese police announced in Beijing this morning the names of eight
terrorists of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM).
They are:
Memetiming Memeti, Emeti Yakuf, Memetituersun Yiming, Memetituersun Abuduhalike,
Xiamisidingaihemaiti Abudumijiti, Aikemilai Wumaierjiang, Yakuf Memeti and
Tuersun Toheti.
In a news briefing organized by the Ministry of Public
Security (MPS), spokesman Wu Heping said since 2007, the ETIM terrorists have
plotted, organized and implemented a series of terrorist activities in China to
sabotage the Beijing Olympic Games.
The Chinese police timely frustrated
those criminal activities, Wu said.
The eight terrorists whose names were
just released are diehard ETIM members and were deeply involved in terrorism.
They led, planned, or organized criminal activities, as well as recruited or
trained followers, Wu said.
Wu called for global cooperation to ferret out
whereabouts of the eight announced terrorists and extradite them to the Chinese
government.
Wu said the Chinese police welcome international collaboration in
fighting against terrorism and hope to cooperate with other countries in sharing
anti-terrorism intelligence, cutting off funding channels of terrorists and
extraditing suspects.
He said some of the announced terrorists plotted, led
and schemed violent terrorist activities, while others involved in the
recruiting and training of terrorist organizations members, collected funding,
or attempted to launch terrorist attacks through bombing and poisoning.
The
Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), also called the East Turkistan
Islamic Party, Allah Party or the East Turkistan National Revolution
Association, is one of the most dangerous terrorist organizations among "East
Turkistan" terrorist forces. It acts for the aim of splitting China by means of
terror and establishing a theocratic "Eastern Turkistan Islamic State" in
Xinjiang, northwest China.
China released in 2003 the first name list of four
"East Turkistan" terrorist groups and 11 East Turkistan terrorists. Apart from
the ETIM, the East Turkistan Liberation Organization (ETLO), the World Uygur
Youth Congress (WUYC) and the East Turkistan Information Center (ETIC) were also
on the list.
Xinhua
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