URUMQI, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region confirmed Wednesday that innocent civilians accounted for 156 of the 197 deaths in the Urumqi riot a month ago.
Hou Hanmin, spokesman of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Government said, in terms of ethnicity, of the 156 dead civilians, 134 were Han Chinese, 11 were from the Hui ethnic group, 10 were Uygurs, and one was from the Man ethnic group.
Twelve others were shot while committing violence or criminal activities. The identities of the remainder have yet to be determined.
Hou also denied foreign media reports of an associate professor of the ethnic Uygur group at Beijing's Minzu University being detained on implication of involvement in the Urumqi riot.
"Further investigations show no teaching staff of the Uygur ethnic group has been interrogated for being implicated in criminal activities because of the Urumqi unrest on July 5," said Hou.
According to Chen Zhuangwei, head of the Public Security Department of Urumqi, 718 people have been detained on suspicion of being implicated in July 5 riot which left 197 people dead and more than 1,600 injured.
And eighty-three people had been arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the riot, said Procurator Utiku'er Abudrehman of the People's Procuratorate of Urumqi City Tuesday.
Xinjiang Party Chief urges efforts to
maintain stability, achieve economic goals
URUMQI, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Xinjiang's Party chief has
called for more efforts to maintain social stability and ensure the achievement
of this year's economic and social development goals in the northwestern Chinese
region.
Wang Lequan, secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), made the
remarks at a meeting gathering senior regional officials Monday. Full story
Police detain 718 suspects in
connection with Urumqi riot
URUMQI, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Seven hundred and eighteen
people have been detained for being implicated in the Urumqi riot on July 5
which left 197 people dead and more than 1,600 injured, Urumqi City police chief
Chen Zhuangwei said Tuesday.
Chen, head of the Public Security Department of
Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, said evidence
collection had been a heavy load for the city's police force. It had involved
examinations at the crime scenes and DNA evaluations, but it had been carried
out swiftly. Full story
83 Urumqi riot suspects
arrested
URUMQI, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in Urumqi City said
Tuesday 83 people had been arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the July
5 riot which left 197 people dead and more than 1,600 injured.
Procurator Utiku'er Abudrehman, made the announcement
at a press conference Tuesday in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region. Full story
Police prevent terrorist attacks in
Xinjiang
BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Police forces and state
security agencies had prevented five organized terrorist attacks on civilians in
China's far west Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China's anti-terrorism
sources said Monday.
Separatist "East Turkestan" terrorists both at home
and abroad had been plotting attacks against civilians since the July 5 riot
that left 197 dead and more than 1,600 injured in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang.
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Family asks Rebiya Kadeer not to organize
violence, undermine harmony
URUMQI, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Family members of Rebiya
Kadeer have asked her not to organize violence or undermine the peaceful life in
Xinjiang, in letters made public on Monday.
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The photo taken on Aug. 2, 2009 shows
letters written by family members of Rebiya Kadeer to Rebiya and the
victims of the riot in Urumqi on July 5. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)
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They blamed her for organizing the riot in Urumqi on
July 5 and apologized to the victims in two separate letters dated July 24.
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Full text of letter to July 5 riot
victim families from Rebiya Kadeer's family
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The photo taken on Aug. 2, 2009 shows a
letter written by family members of Rebiya Kadeer to relatives of the
victims in the riot in Urumqi on July 5. Family members of Rebiya Kadeer
have asked her not to organize violence or undermine the peaceful life in
Xinjiang, in letters made public on Monday. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)
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URUMQI, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following is the full text
of a letter to families of the victims in July 5 riot, which was written by
Rebiya Kadeer's family living in China on July 24. The letter was originally
written in Uygur language:
We are Rebiya Kadeer's younger brother Memet, son
Khahar and daughter Roxingul. Full story
Urumqi police detain another 319
people in riot probe
URUMQI, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Police in Urumqi say they have
detained another 319 people in connection with the deadly riot of July 5 in the
capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The arrests are in addition to the 253 detentions police
announced on July 29. Full story
Urumqi police detain 253 more riot
suspects
URUMQI, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Police in Urumqi, capital of
northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, have detained a further 253
suspects from the July 5 riot that left 197 people dead.
Most of the newly-detained suspects charged to be involved
in the destruction in Urumqi were turned in by local residents of different
ethnic groups, police said Wednesday. Full story
Netizen blamed for Urumqi riot by
spreading fake violence video
BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- A netizen, who was believed
to be a key member of the World Uygur Congress (WUC), was blamed by Chinese
authorities for fanning ethnic confrontation that caused the deadly July 5 riot
in Urumqi by spreading online a fake video about "a Uygur girl beaten to death".
The video, about a girl in red being beaten to death by a
group of people using stones, was originally broadcast by the CNN in May, 2007,
as something happened in the Mosul city of Iraq on April 7, 2007. Full story
China's response to Urumqi riots
understandable
ROME, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government's
reaction to the July 5 riots in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous
Region, was "normal" and "understandable," Italian experts told Xinhua in recent
interviews.
Beijing's reaction "was natural," said Giuseppe Sacco, a
professor of international relations and world economic systems at the Luiss
University in Rome. Full story
Special Report:
Urumqi Riot
