Chinese police called on their German counterparts Friday to
stop activities of "Eastern Turkistan" terrorist groups in
Germany.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Security said some
"Eastern Turkistan" terrorist groups are reportedly meeting in
Munich April 16-18, including two terrorist organizations that have
been outlawed in China.
"The Chinese Ministry of Public Security calls on its
counterparts in Germany and the state of Bavaria to be on high
alert against the 'East Turkistan' terrorist groups and terrorists
in Munich, Germany."
The spokesman added, "it would be very dangerous if 'Eastern
Turkistan' terrorists were allowed to operate in Germany and their
activities were not stopped." The spokesman called for cooperation
between the Chinese and German governments and peoples to fight the
terrorist and separatist forces and safeguard their national and
public interests.
According to reports by overseas websites, the World Uygur Youth
Congress (WUYC), which is one of the first four terrorist groups
identified by the ministry, is among those involved in the Munich
meeting, said the spokesman. The East Turkistan Information Center
(ETIC), another terrorist group, is also there.
The spokesman said WUYC leader Dolqun Isa and ETIC leader
Abudujelili Kalakash are the No.3 and No. 4 terrorists on the
Ministry's 11 Most Wanted List, and other major leaders of the two
groups are reportedly attending the meeting.
Shortly after the March 11 terrorist attack in Spain, the
terrorist groups are meeting in Munich with other "Eastern
Turkistan" separatist forces in order to set up a unified
organization for terrorist and separatist activities, which not
only endangers China's unity and security, but also poses a
potential threat to world peace and stability, said the
spokesman.
"We have ample evidence that 'Eastern Turkistan' forces in China
and abroad have been plotting, organizing and conducting
explosions, assassinations, arson, poisoning, attacks and other
terrorist violent activities in Xinjiang and other parts of China
and some other countries in their attempt to split China."
Their activities have seriously endangered the lives and
properties of the general public of all ethnic groups and social
stability in China, and posed a threat to the security and
stability of other countries and regions, said the spokesman.
"Now they are concealing their illegal motives in seemingly
legitimate forms, covering up their true color of terrorists and
claiming they are being persecuted so as to win sympathy and
support."
By flaunting the banner of peacefully striving for "ethnic
self-determination", they have been stealthily conducting various
violent terrorist activities, said the spokesman.
(Xinhua News Agency April 17, 2004)