Security gets tighter in Xinjiang
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July 3, 2010, Saturday
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ABOUT 40,000 high-definition surveillance cameras have been installed in buses, supermarkets, department stores and thousands of other public facilities in Urumqi ahead of the first anniversary of a riot that left almost 200 people dead in the capital city of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The security cameras with "riot-proof" protective shells will be monitored by police at more than 4,000 public locations, including on city streets and buses and in schools and shopping malls, Urumqi government spokesman Ma Xinchun said yesterday.
The cameras were installed on 3,400 buses, and at 200 bus stops, 4,440 streets and lanes, 270 schools and kindergartens, 100 shopping malls and supermarkets, and other places, he said.
The cameras are part of a security reinforcement ahead of the anniversary of the riot of July 5 last year, which left 197 people dead and more than 1,700 injured.
Xinjiang recruited 5,000 police officers this year, and police coverage of violent crime, street patrols and emergencies has been stepped up, said a source with Xinjiang's public security department.
Urumqi police bureau chief Wang Mingshan said officers had started drills to deal with emergencies, initiated campaigns to confiscate guns and explosives, and launched a crackdown on violent crime in June.
"You can see more police patrolling and carrying rifles," a woman surnamed Jing said yesterday at Urumqi's Hongshan New Century Shopping Center, where she works. "If you walk down any street, you see them every once in a while, often in groups."
People are carrying their identification cards everywhere, and those from outside the city must get a temporary residence card, which authorities have been strict in checking, said an operator surnamed Liu at Urumqi's Torch Hotel.
Late last month, China announced it had uncovered a gang of "hard-core terrorists" that had plotted attacks in southern Xinjiang cities between July and October last year.
The announcement came a day after the Xinjiang government launched a "Love the great motherland, build a beautiful homeland" education campaign aimed at boosting ethnic unity in the region.
The security cameras with "riot-proof" protective shells will be monitored by police at more than 4,000 public locations, including on city streets and buses and in schools and shopping malls, Urumqi government spokesman Ma Xinchun said yesterday.
The cameras were installed on 3,400 buses, and at 200 bus stops, 4,440 streets and lanes, 270 schools and kindergartens, 100 shopping malls and supermarkets, and other places, he said.
The cameras are part of a security reinforcement ahead of the anniversary of the riot of July 5 last year, which left 197 people dead and more than 1,700 injured.
Xinjiang recruited 5,000 police officers this year, and police coverage of violent crime, street patrols and emergencies has been stepped up, said a source with Xinjiang's public security department.
Urumqi police bureau chief Wang Mingshan said officers had started drills to deal with emergencies, initiated campaigns to confiscate guns and explosives, and launched a crackdown on violent crime in June.
"You can see more police patrolling and carrying rifles," a woman surnamed Jing said yesterday at Urumqi's Hongshan New Century Shopping Center, where she works. "If you walk down any street, you see them every once in a while, often in groups."
People are carrying their identification cards everywhere, and those from outside the city must get a temporary residence card, which authorities have been strict in checking, said an operator surnamed Liu at Urumqi's Torch Hotel.
Late last month, China announced it had uncovered a gang of "hard-core terrorists" that had plotted attacks in southern Xinjiang cities between July and October last year.
The announcement came a day after the Xinjiang government launched a "Love the great motherland, build a beautiful homeland" education campaign aimed at boosting ethnic unity in the region.
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