Xinjiang to pay for tips about terrorists
Source: Xinhua/Shanghai Daily |
August 28, 2010, Saturday
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POLICE in northwest China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region will pay between US$1,500 to US$15,000 for tips about terrorist activity and may give lighter sentences or amnesty for suspects who turn themselves in.
Police are also offering the cash rewards for information leading to seizure of illegal weapons and explosives.
The announcement was made a week after a bombing attack in southern Xinjiang's Aksu City that left eight people, including the two attackers, dead and 15 others injured.
"People of all ethnic groups can, through verbal or written messages, mobile phones, Internet and other ways, inform local police about the illegal manufacture, trade, transport, mail, storage and possession of guns, ammunition, explosives and dangerous chemicals, and violent crimes as well," Xinjiang's Public Security Department said in a statement issued on Thursday.
Cash reward
Informants can claim the cash reward after the information was verified, the announcement said.
The purpose of the announcement and reward was to "promptly, accurately and resolutely crack down on violent crimes in connection with terrorism," it said.
A spokeswoman for the information office of the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau said yesterday the reward campaign was aimed at mobilizing ordinary people to help fight terror and crime.
"We have offered similar awards before to people who provided clues in some police campaigns such as gun control," she said.
Four people have been detained in connection with the deadly bombing attack in Aksu. The alleged ring had six members, but two died carrying out the attack, police have said.
The attack occurred at about 10:30am on August 19 on the outskirts of Aksu, when three people drove an electric tricycle into a crowd and detonated explosives.
Chinese law bans possession of guns, ammunition and explosives by individuals.
Police launched a sweeping crackdown on terrorist activities after a deadly riot in the regional capital of Urumqi in July last year.
During the riot, buses and cars were overturned and shops were torched, leaving 197 dead.
In the aftermath, hundreds were arrested and about two dozen sentenced to death.
Police are also offering the cash rewards for information leading to seizure of illegal weapons and explosives.
The announcement was made a week after a bombing attack in southern Xinjiang's Aksu City that left eight people, including the two attackers, dead and 15 others injured.
"People of all ethnic groups can, through verbal or written messages, mobile phones, Internet and other ways, inform local police about the illegal manufacture, trade, transport, mail, storage and possession of guns, ammunition, explosives and dangerous chemicals, and violent crimes as well," Xinjiang's Public Security Department said in a statement issued on Thursday.
Cash reward
Informants can claim the cash reward after the information was verified, the announcement said.
The purpose of the announcement and reward was to "promptly, accurately and resolutely crack down on violent crimes in connection with terrorism," it said.
A spokeswoman for the information office of the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau said yesterday the reward campaign was aimed at mobilizing ordinary people to help fight terror and crime.
"We have offered similar awards before to people who provided clues in some police campaigns such as gun control," she said.
Four people have been detained in connection with the deadly bombing attack in Aksu. The alleged ring had six members, but two died carrying out the attack, police have said.
The attack occurred at about 10:30am on August 19 on the outskirts of Aksu, when three people drove an electric tricycle into a crowd and detonated explosives.
Chinese law bans possession of guns, ammunition and explosives by individuals.
Police launched a sweeping crackdown on terrorist activities after a deadly riot in the regional capital of Urumqi in July last year.
During the riot, buses and cars were overturned and shops were torched, leaving 197 dead.
In the aftermath, hundreds were arrested and about two dozen sentenced to death.
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