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Executives held over rumor of terrorists

TWO men have been detained in a southern Chinese city for spreading a rumor about the arrival of hundreds of ter­rorists, police said, just days before a new law banning false terror information goes into effect.

Police in Shenzhen said two executives of an un­specified local company were detained after they posted a notice containing the rumor at their firm.

It warned employees that 300 people from the far northwestern region of Xin­jiang who were trained by the Islamic State group had arrived in the city.

Terrorist attacks by mili­tants from Xinjiang, which have left hundreds of people dead in and outside the region over a number of years, have prompted Beijing to launch an anti-terror campaign in Xinjiang and, most recently, to approve the country’s first anti-terrorism law.

The law, which takes effect on Friday, bans fabrication of terror information. The law says that in times of possible terror attacks, only China’s anti-terrorism leadership agencies can release infor­mation on how attacks occur, develop and are dealt with.


 

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