Terror Threat to Olympic Games – China Shuts Down 41 Mosques Arrests 82 Suspected Terrorists
July 10, 2008 by national
Filed under Stories of Interest
Chinese authorities have replaced top police and security officials in the Muslim dominated Xinjiang province, which is the hotbed of separatism and political violence. They have also closed down 41 “illegal” places of worship.
These places of worship were used as training ground for conducting a “holy war”, Chen Zhuangwei Chen, the police chief of Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang province, said. Xinjiang, which borders central Asia and Pakistan, has been the scene of a pro-independence movement by a section of the eight million Uighurs living there for a long time.
The authorities also announced they have detained 82 “suspected terrorists” in the past six months in view of fears that they might disrupt the Olympic Games. They belong to five groups that “allegedly plotted sabotage against the Beijing Olympics”, the official Xinhua news agency quoted the police chief in Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital, as saying.
While it is clear that China are taking the threat of an attack very seriously, the world would hope that they are not abusing their powers to shut down all peaceful opposition in an overly violent and secretive way. Absolute power is a dangerous thing, there is no doubt in my mind that the Chinese Communist Government has a disregard for human rights. Take their ties with the DPRK and support of the Sudanese Government. Or even the public persecution of the Falun Gong!
it must be followed in all countries.
Terror must be Wiped off