1.Who is the "enemy that Wang
Lequan talked about? "Eastern Turkestan
Information Center" has recently obtained a full text of
the secret report made by Wang Lequan, Secretary of the
Communist Party of so called "Autonomous Region", at the
meeting of the senior officials held in Hotan district
on December 17, 1999. Wang Lequan's report written on 22
pages in Chinese characters has the note "top secret". The
report consists of 15 paragraphs. In the first
part of the report Wang Lequan informs that on August 8
the Central Committee of the Communist party
of so called "Autonomous Region" held a special meeting
devoted to the constant work in Hotan, and praises
extremely the faithful sercice of the official of different
degrees of the Hotan district to the Communist Party,
then he says: " Last time in Hotan district there
have been reached certain successes in the constant
work, however the work should not be stopped, and the
enemy should not be given time to take a breath, you
must follow the way we showed in this work deepening it
further". Under the mask of "constant work" he
gave instruction on how strengthen the policy of
crackdown toward the local population in the district of
Hotan. At the same time he made obvious that at
the congress of the Communist Perty Committee of so called
"Autonomous Region" have worked out a malicious plan to
achieve certain political goals and that this plan is
being fulfilled through the officials of different rank
in Hotan under the leadership of the Communist Party Central
Committee of "Autonomous Region". The political
situation in Hotan exremely deteriorated since august
1999. In the beginning of his speech Wang Lequan
dwelling upon the question of the aim of his arrival in
Hotan said: "talking about intentions, the aim of our
present visit is to resolve the problem of changing completely
very difficult and complicated situation of the enmity
in Hotan district that we have last decades especially
since 1990". Who is the "enemy" that Wang Lequan talked
about when describing the situation in Hotan district?
Certainly the enemy of Wang Lequan is a people of Hotan over
years peacefully expressing discontent with the Chinese
policy of oppression. If we remember the political
events taken place in Hotan district during 1990-s we
can see that there have never been any mass "violent" and
"terrorist" movements of the local people. On July 7,
1995 incident of the "7th July" took place, i.e. on July
7, 1995 about 3,000 Uygurs protesting against the
Chinese authorities' arbitrary dismissal of the Imam of
"Beytulla Mosque" in the city of Hotan Abdul Keyim
Abdumejit and organized a peaceful demonstration in
front of the building of district administration, but
they were bloody suppressed by the Chinese authorities.
In the county of Lop the incident of the "9th August"
occurred, i.e. on the 9th of August when a young Uygur
by the name Murtaza has been executed being accused in
"separatist activity" and the authorities refused to return
his body to his family, more than 10, 000 Uygurs
gathered in front of the building of local county
people's government to protest against the their action, the
Chinese authorities brutally suppressed non-armed
civilians by armed forces and then set martial law. The
clash was followed by the mass arbitrary arrests of the
innocent young Uygurs. As a result, a group of young Uygurs
led by Kurash and Shireli, who were among those to be
arrested, had to hide and then offer armed resistance to
Chinese police and military forces. So, the "enemies"
that Wang Lequan talked about were those innocent Uygurs
protesters against the Chinese government's policy of
oppression. In the initial part of his secret report
Wang Lequan discussed the policy to be carried out in Hotan
in future: "I am not discussing the economic issues
here, I want talk only about the constant work to be
taken, henceforth it is necessary to strengthen without
hesitation the "hard strike" campaign aimed at pursuit
and capture of Shireli". These words of Wang Lequan testify
that the people of Hotan will face more disasters in
future. Wang Lequan in his speech also informed about
underground activity of a group young Uygur in Kashgar
district led by Yasin Memet, who like Shireli is a
disciples of Ablikim Makhsum Hadji from Qarghaliq county of
Kashgar district and that these two leaders maintain
contacts with each other. So from now on the main
task of the authorities will be pursuit and capture of
Yasin Memet in Kashgar and Shireli in Hotan districts.
Thus, Wang Lequan's report makes it obvious that at present
the armed forces continue to fight against the Chinese
governmental forces not only in Hotan area, but also in
neighboring Kashgar area. |