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Chinese economist missing, apparently detained
By ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press Writer
49 mins ago
BEIJING – An outspoken economist who championed rights for fellow Uighurs in his native Xinjiang has disappeared, presumably detained by police who questioned him after deadly ethnic violence in China's restive far west.
A friend said Thursday that Ilham Tohti called him early Wednesday and told him he received formal notice that he would be detained. The friend, Huang Zhangjin, said efforts to reach Tohti since have failed.
Tohti's disappearance comes just days after Xinjiang's China-installed governor accused a Web site founded by the 39-year-old professor of stirring up hostilities that led to the bloody riot Sunday in Urumqi, Xinjiang's capital. At least 156 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured.
Beijing police did not immediately respond to a faxed request for confirmation. The economics department at Central Nationalities University in Beijing where Tohti worked also could not confirm his whereabouts.
The Associated Press reached Tohti by telephone Monday and Tuesday, but he declined comment because he was being questioned by officials, he said.
"I've got the formal notice, and this is probably the last time you will hear my voice on the telephone,'" Huang quoted his friend as saying just after midnight Wednesday. He added that the allegations against him were false, Huang said.
"I didn't incite violence," Tohti told Huang. "Violence is not good for any ethnic group."
Widely considered a moderate voice, Tohti had praised China's policies for Xinjiang. His Web site, http://www.uighurbiz.net, became a lively forum for many controversial issues about Chinese rule in Xinjiang. But, he became increasingly critical in recent months of what he said were failures to implement those policies effectively.
In an interview with Radio Free Asia earlier this year, Tohti said the biggest problem facing Uighurs was a lack of jobs, and he complained about censors shutting down his Web site.
In a separate interview with French radio, he said Uighur detainees about to be freed from Guantanamo should not return to China because they would likely face harsh punishment despite being cleared of wrongdoing by U.S. officials.
In a televised speech, Xinjiang governor Nur Bekri also blamed an exiled Uighur activist in the United States and another popular Uighur-focused Web site, Diyarim.com, for the violence.
Chinese economist missing, apparently detained
By ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press Writer
49 mins ago
BEIJING – An outspoken economist who championed rights for fellow Uighurs in his native Xinjiang has disappeared, presumably detained by police who questioned him after deadly ethnic violence in China's restive far west.
A friend said Thursday that Ilham Tohti called him early Wednesday and told him he received formal notice that he would be detained. The friend, Huang Zhangjin, said efforts to reach Tohti since have failed.
Tohti's disappearance comes just days after Xinjiang's China-installed governor accused a Web site founded by the 39-year-old professor of stirring up hostilities that led to the bloody riot Sunday in Urumqi, Xinjiang's capital. At least 156 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured.
Beijing police did not immediately respond to a faxed request for confirmation. The economics department at Central Nationalities University in Beijing where Tohti worked also could not confirm his whereabouts.
The Associated Press reached Tohti by telephone Monday and Tuesday, but he declined comment because he was being questioned by officials, he said.
"I've got the formal notice, and this is probably the last time you will hear my voice on the telephone,'" Huang quoted his friend as saying just after midnight Wednesday. He added that the allegations against him were false, Huang said.
"I didn't incite violence," Tohti told Huang. "Violence is not good for any ethnic group."
Widely considered a moderate voice, Tohti had praised China's policies for Xinjiang. His Web site, http://www.uighurbiz.net, became a lively forum for many controversial issues about Chinese rule in Xinjiang. But, he became increasingly critical in recent months of what he said were failures to implement those policies effectively.
In an interview with Radio Free Asia earlier this year, Tohti said the biggest problem facing Uighurs was a lack of jobs, and he complained about censors shutting down his Web site.
In a separate interview with French radio, he said Uighur detainees about to be freed from Guantanamo should not return to China because they would likely face harsh punishment despite being cleared of wrongdoing by U.S. officials.
In a televised speech, Xinjiang governor Nur Bekri also blamed an exiled Uighur activist in the United States and another popular Uighur-focused Web site, Diyarim.com, for the violence.
