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Uighur teen handed 20 year sentence
 [RFA] A Uighur teen faces a 20-year jail sentence after he was convicted of plotting to join a militant separatist group and conspiring to help some of his friends escape from China.17-year-old Abduraxman Rozi was sentenced by a court in Akesu prefecture over what officials say was a plan he masterminded to join an East Turkestan separatist group and to help four other people illegally leave China. Four other boys were also detained for attempting to leave the country. A 17-year-old and an 18-year-old were sentenced to nine-year terms, and two others were freed. While authorities say Abduraxman Rozi was attempting to become an insurgent, his family says he was just looking for work. His father said, "My son may have planned to go abroad when he saw that some Uighurs went abroad, but I don't believe he had any political or religious intent in his plan. He went to Kunming just looking for a job, and that is why he may have been interested in going to another country, just seeking a better life." Posted by: ryuge 2016-05-20 |
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