Appendix C.2: Ministry of Public Security Official Statements

Appendix C: People’s Republic of China Domestic Law and Official Statements

Section I: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Regulations

• Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Regulation on the Comprehensive Management of Social Order (新疆维吾尔自治区社会治安综合治理条例)

Section II: Ministry of Public Security Official Statements

• China Sets Out Specific Criteria for Identifying Terrorist Organizations and Terrorists (Excerpt) (中国认定恐怖组织和恐怖分子的具体标准)
• Ministry of Public Security Announces Second List of Eight Identified “East Turkestan” Terrorists (公安部通报第二批认定的8名“东突” 恐怖分子名单)
• Public Security Agencies Foil “East Turkestan Islamic Movement” Terrorist Plot (Transcript) (公安机关破获“东伊运”恐怖组织案件(实录))

English Translations by Human Rights in China

China Sets Out Specific Criteria for Identifying Terrorist Organizations and Terrorists (Excerpt)²

December 15, 2003

Specific Criteria for Identification of Terrorist Organizations

1. A group (regardless of whether the headquarters is within the country or overseas) which, through violent terrorist means, engages in acts that endanger national security, destruct social stability, and endanger lives and properties of the people;
2. has a certain degree of structure, leading division of work, or work division system;
3. satisfying the above criteria, and with any of the following circumstances:
   1. organized, planned, incited, implemented or participated in implementing terrorist acts, or is amid organizing, planning, inciting, implementing or participating in implementation of terrorist acts;
   2. subsidizes, or supports terrorist acts;
   3. establishes a base for terrorist activity; or recruits, trains, or cultivates terrorists systematically;
   4. in collusion with other international terrorist organizations, accepts subsidy, training, cultivation of other international terrorist organizations, or participates in the activities thereof.

Specific Criteria for Identification of Terrorists

1. A person (regardless of a change in citizenship) who has certain connection with any terrorist organization, engaging, within the country or overseas, in an act that endangers national security and the lives and properties of the people.
2. Satisfying the above criterion, and with any of the following circumstances:
   1. organizes, leads, or participates in any terrorist organization;
   2. organizes, plans, incites, promotes or abets the implementation of a terrorist act;
   3. sponsors, or supports a terrorist organization and terrorists in carrying out terrorist acts;
   4. accepts subsidy, training, or cultivation from the aforementioned terrorist organization or other international terrorist organizations, or participates in the activities thereof.

中国认定恐怖组织和恐怖分子的具体标准

认定恐怖组织的具体标准

（一）以暴力恐怖为手段，从事危害国家安全，破坏社会稳定，危害人民群众生命财产安全的恐怖活动的组织（不论其总部在国内还是国外）。

（二）具有一定的组织领导分工或分工体系。

（三）符合上述标准，并具有下列情形之一：

1. 曾组织、策划、煽动、实施或参与实施恐怖活动，或正在组织、策划、煽动、实施或参与实施恐怖活动；
2. 资助、支持恐怖活动；
3. 建立恐怖活动基地，或有组织地招募、训练、培训恐怖分子；
4. 与其他国际恐怖组织相勾结、接受其他国际恐怖组织资助、训练、培训，或参与其活动。

认定恐怖分子的具体标准

（一）与恐怖组织发生一定的联系，在国内外从事危害国家安全和人民群众生命财产安全的恐怖活动的人员（不论其是否加入外国国籍）。

（二）符合上述条件，并具有下列情形之一：

1. 组织、领导、参与恐怖组织；
2. 组织、策划、煽动、宣传或教唆实施恐怖活动；
3. 资助、支持恐怖组织和恐怖分子进行恐怖活动；
4. 接受上述恐怖组织或其他国际恐怖组织资助、训练、培训或参与其活动。

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Ministry of Public Security Announces Second List of Eight Identified “East Turkestan” Terrorists³

October 21, 2008

On October 21, 2008, the Ministry of Public Security held a press conference announcing its Second List of Identified “East Turkestan” Terrorists (第二批认定的“东突”恐怖分子名单).

The MPS pointed out that, since 2007, the “East Turkestan” terrorist forces, led by the “East Turkestan Islamic Movement” (ETIM) (recognized as a terrorist organization by the UN Security Council in September 2001), has planned, organized, and implemented a series of terrorist activities within China and abroad directed against the Beijing Olympic Games. Such activities have seriously endangered the safety of the Beijing Olympic Games and social stability of China and pose a threat to the safety and stability of related countries and regions. The Chinese police have cracked down on terrorist activities directed against the Beijing Olympic Games perpetuated by “East Turkestan” terrorist forces in accordance with law. The Chinese police have also timely discovered and thwarted various types of terrorist activities directed against the Beijing Olympics to ensure a “peaceful Olympics” objective by strengthening grass-roots prevention and control and by actively launching effective measures such as international cooperation in anti-terrorism efforts.

In order to fight the “East Turkestan” terrorist forces, the MPS has, based on the terrorist activities of certain ETIM members and irrefutable evidence of criminal offences, strictly identified and verified the eight terrorists as follows in accordance with the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China, State Security Law of the People’s Republic of China, and relevant laws and regulations as well as UN anti-terrorism resolutions: 1. Memetiming Memeti (in Chinese: Maimaitiming Maimaiti [买买提明•买买提]), 2. Emeti Yakuf (in Chinese: Aimaiti Yakufu [艾买提•亚库甫]), 3. Maimaititu’erxun Yiming (买买提吐尔逊•依明), 4. Maimaititu’erxun Abuduhalike (买买提吐尔逊•阿布杜哈力克), 5. Xiamisidingaihemaiti Abudumijiti (夏米斯丁艾合麦提•阿布都米吉提), 6. Aikemilai Wumai’erjiang (艾可米来•吾买尔江), 7. Yakufu Maimaiti (牙库甫•麦麦提), 8. Tu’ersun Tuoheti (吐尔孙•托合提).

The MPS pointed out that all of the eight identified terrorists are key members of the ETIM and have participated in planning, directing, and organizing the implementation of various terrorist criminal activities directed against the Beijing Olympics. Among the eight terrorists, some have guided terrorist groups in carrying out various violent terrorist activities; some have organized training for terrorists and designed and commanded plans for terrorist attacks; some have recruited members for terrorist organizations, raised funds for terrorist activities, and produced poisons and bombs; and some have actively participated in terrorist training and attacks, and have schemed to carry out terrorist attacks using bombs and poison.

It is reported that in December 2003, the MPS identified and issued the first list of identified “East Turkestan” terrorists. The second list of identified “East Turkestan” terrorists as identified and announced presently is based on facts and with the law in mind; it shall be strictly carried out in accordance with the law. The second list is predominately based on: the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China and its Third Amendment; the State Security Law of the People’s Republic of China and its detailed implementation rules; UN International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, International Convention for the Suppression of Financing of Terrorism, and other UN anti-terrorism conventions to which China is party; and UN Resolutions 1267, 1373, 1456, and 1624 as passed by the Security Council.

The MPS pointed out that terrorism is a common threat faced by countries all over the world and all countries should have the responsibility to fight terrorism. The MPS reaffirmed solemnly that China is against terrorism in every shape and form and is willing to cooperate with the international community in its anti-terrorism efforts, and wishes to increase cooperation in other aspects, including exchanging anti-terrorism information, extraditing and repatriating criminal suspects, and suppressing the financing of terrorism. China hopes that relevant countries and their law enforcing departments can conduct criminal investigations in accordance with the law into the eight terrorists identified, promptly arrest and turn them over to China upon discovery of their whereabouts, and prosecute for liability in accordance with the law.

公安部通报第二批认定的8名“东突” 恐怖分子名单

2008年10月21日上午公 安部发举行布会，通报公安部《第二批认定的“东突”恐怖分子名单》。

公安部指出，2007年以来，以“东突厥斯坦伊斯兰运动”（联合国安理会2002年9月认定的恐怖组织，简称“东伊运”）为首的“东突”恐怖势力针对北京奥运会， 在中国境内外策划、组织、实施了一系列恐怖犯罪活动，严重危害了北京奥运会安全和中国社会稳定，同时，对有关国家和地区的安全与稳定也构成了威胁。中国警 方依法严厉打击“东突”恐怖势力针对北京奥运会的恐怖犯罪活动，并通过加强社会基础防范控制，以及积极开展反恐国际合作等有效措施，及时发现和挫败了各种 针对北京奥运会的恐怖袭击活动，确保了“平安奥运”目标的实现。

为打击“东 突”恐怖势力，公安部在掌握“东伊运”部分成员恐怖活动情况和确凿犯罪证据的基础上，依照《中华人民共和国刑法》、《中华人民共和国国家安全法》等有关法 律，并根据联合国有关反恐决议，经过严格甄别和审核，认定下列8人为恐怖分子：1、买买提明•买买提，2、艾买提•亚库甫，3、买买提吐尔逊•依明，4、 买买提吐尔逊•阿布杜哈力克，5、夏米斯丁艾合麦提•阿布都米吉提，6、艾可米来•吾买尔江，7、牙库甫•麦麦提，8、吐尔孙•托合提。

公安部指出，此次认定的8名恐怖分子均系恐怖组织“东伊运”的骨干成员，均曾参与策划、指挥和组织实施了针对北京奥运会的各种恐怖犯罪活动。其中，有的领导指挥恐 怖组织实施各种暴力恐怖活动；有的组织恐怖分子训练，制定恐怖袭击计划并下达行动指令；有的招募恐怖组织成员，筹集恐怖活动经费，积极开展制毒制爆活动； 有的积极参加恐怖培训和恐怖行动小组，企图采取爆炸、投毒等方式实施恐怖袭击。

据 悉，2003年12月，公安部认定并公布了第一批“东突”恐怖组织和恐怖分子名单。这次认定并公布的第二批“东突”恐怖分子名单，本着以事实为依据，以法 律为准绳的原则，严格依法进行。主要依据是：《中华人民共和国刑法》及《刑法修正案（三）》；《中华人民共和国国家安全法》及其实施细则；中国加入的联合 国《制止恐怖主义爆炸的公约》、《制止向恐怖主义提供资助的国际公约》等一系列反恐怖国际公约，以及联合国安理会通过的第1267号、1373号、 1456号、1624号等反恐决议。

公安部指 出，恐怖主义是世界各国面临的共同威胁，打击恐怖主义犯罪是世界各国的共同责任。公安部郑重重申，中国反对一切形式的恐怖主义，中国愿意与国际社会开展反 恐合作，并希望与有关国家在反恐怖情报信息交流、引渡和遣返恐怖犯罪嫌疑人、截断恐怖活动的资金来源等方面进一步加强合作。同时，希望有关国家政府及其执 法部门对中国此次认定并公布的8名恐怖分子依法进行刑事调查，发现其行踪下落立即予以拘捕并移交中国，以依法追究其刑事责任。

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Public Security Agencies Foil “East Turkestan Islamic Movement” Terrorist Plot (Transcript)⁴

June 24, 2010

On June 24, 2010 (Thursday) at 10:00 a.m., at a second-floor multi-purpose reception hall of the Asia Hotel, Vice-Director of the Ministry of Public Security General Office and spokesperson Wu Heping reported that Chinese public security agencies had broken up a major terrorist plot. Below is a transcript of the news conference:

Wu Heping:

Friends, ladies, gentlemen, good morning to all of you. I would like to warmly welcome everyone to the Ministry of Public Security’s news conference. The topic of today’s conference is the circumstances surrounding the recent breaking up of a terrorist plot by Chinese public security agencies.

Recently, Chinese public security agencies broke up a major terrorist plot, capturing more than ten leaders, key agents, and members of a terrorist organization, including two plot leaders Abdurixit Ablet (in Chinese: Abudurexiti Abulaiti [阿不都热西提•阿不来提]) (male, from Yarkant County [in Chinese: Shache Xian {莎车县}], XUAR, 42) and Imin Semai’er (in Chinese: Yiming Semai’er [依明•色买尔]) (male, from Yopurga County [in Chinese: Yuepuhu Xian {岳普湖县}], XUAR, 33); seizing homemade explosives, deflagration equipment, and other various criminal implements; forcefully thwarting a terrorist conspiracy; and promptly eliminating a concealed threat to social security.

Clues leading to this major terrorist plot were first discovered in relation to a 2009 illegal border-crossing case. On December 20, 2009, 20 individuals of Chinese citizenship were deported from another country after illegally crossing the border and thus were taken into custody by Chinese police, per usual practice. Afterwards, the Chinese police quickly released one woman and two children among those individuals, in line with humanitarian sentiment, and set up living arrangements for them. The remaining 17 were investigated according to the law, which revealed that three of them were fugitive terrorist suspects wanted by the police, all of whom were core members of the terrorist organization of the recently-captured Abdurixit Ablet and Imin Semai’er.

The public security agencies have ascertained that this terrorist organization’s ringleader Abdurixit Ablet is an individual dispatched from abroad by the ETIM and that Imin Semai’er is a key actor in the East Turkestan terrorist forces. This terrorist organization has planned and carried out several terrorist plots since 2008, including the vehicle attack against public security frontier defense officers in Kashgar (in Chinese: Kashi [喀什]) and the terrorist explosions in Kuqa (in Chinese: Kuche Xian [库车县]) carried out during the Beijing Olympics; both were perpetrated by members of this terrorist organization.

During interrogation Abdurixit Ablet, Imin Semai’er, and others have confessed to traveling through several provinces, including Xinjiang, Henan, Guangdong, and Yunnan, secretly carrying out extremist religious activities, recruiting and training [new] members, and setting up terrorist organizations, as well as, in order to prepare for terrorist activities, actively raising funds, shopping around for where to buy materials to make explosives, and carrying out multiple test explosions. In order to make a greater impact, from July to October, 2009, they prepared tens of homemade bombs, Molotov cocktails, knives, hatchets, and other implements, plotting to carry out successive, large-scale attacks in Kashgar, Khotan (in Chinese: Hetian [和田]), Aksu (in Chinese: Akesu [阿克苏]), and other places in Xinjiang. After their criminal terrorist schemes were timely discovered and thwarted by public security agencies, a small number of key members of this terrorist group fled to other regions, including Guangdong and Yunnan; congregating in groups and exiting the country from the southwest border areas of China. During their escape across China’s borders, they collectively swore an oath to join the ETIM terrorist organization, as well as to send pictures and other personal information to the email addresses of the ETIM ringleaders, to seek out specific escape routes, and to attempt to join the ETIM terrorist organization abroad. Public security agencies have already learned that these individuals received support and funds from representatives of East Turkestan organizations during the process of their escape across China’s borders.

The breaking up of this major terrorist organization once again proves that the ETIM and other terrorist organizations are the main terrorist threats our country faces both presently and in the coming future. Chinese public security agencies will firmly uphold and fulfill the resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council, striking a serious blow to every type of terrorist activity according to the law, and conscientiously uphold social stability.

That’s all for today’s news conference. Thank you!

公安机关破获“东伊运”恐怖组织案件(实录)

公安部于2010年6月24日(周四)10时，在亚洲大酒店多功能厅(二层)举行新闻发布会，由公安部办公厅副主任、新闻发言人武和平通报中国公安机关破获一起重大恐怖组织案件相关情况。以下是发布会实录：

武和平：

各位记者朋友，女士们、先生们，大家上午好！非常欢迎诸位来参加公安部新闻发布会，今天发布会的主题是中国公安机关最近破获一起恐怖组织案件的有关情况。

最近，中国公安机关破获了一起重大恐怖组织案件，抓获以阿不都热西提·阿不来提(男，新疆莎车县人，42岁)、依明·色买尔(男，新疆岳普湖县人，33岁)为首的10余名恐怖组织头目、骨干及成员，缴获了一批自制爆炸爆燃装置等作案工具，有力挫败了恐怖分子的破坏图谋，及时消除了社会安全隐患。

这起重大恐怖组织案件的线索发现于2009年的一起非法越境案件。2009年12月20日，20名中国籍人员因非法入境他国被驱逐出境，中国警方按惯例接收了上述人员。随后，中国警方本着人道主义，及时将裹挟其中的1名妇女和2名儿童释放并进行了妥善安置。公安机关依法对其余17人审查时发现，其中有3名是被警方通缉的在逃恐怖犯罪嫌疑人，均系近期破获的阿不都热西提阿不来提、依明·色买尔恐怖组织骨干成员。

公安机关现已查明，该恐怖组织头目阿不都热西提·阿不来提系境外“东伊运”恐怖组织派遣入境人员，依明·色买尔系“东突”恐怖势力骨干。2008年以来，该恐怖组织在新疆策划和实施了多起恐怖案件，其中北京奥运会期间发生在新疆喀什的驾车袭击公安边防官兵案和库车县恐怖爆炸袭击案均系该恐怖组织成员所为。

阿不都热西提·阿不来提、依明·色买尔等人在审讯中供认，案发前，他们流窜于新疆、河南、广东、云南等多个省区，暗中从事宗教极端活动，发展培训成员，建立恐怖组织，并积极筹措资金，四处寻购制爆原料，多次进行制爆试爆，为实施恐怖破坏活动做准备。为制造更大影响，2009年7月至10月，他们准备了数十枚自制炸弹、燃烧瓶以及刀斧等一批作案工具，预谋在新疆喀什、和田、阿克苏等地实施大规模、连环恐怖袭击。在其恐怖犯罪图谋被公安机关及时侦获并挫败后，该恐怖组织少数骨干成员潜逃至广东、云南等地，纠集部分人员分批从我国西南边境地区偷渡出境。这些人员在外逃期间，集体宣誓加入“东伊运”恐怖组织，并向“东伊运”恐怖组织头目的互联网邮箱发送照片等人员信息，索要具体出逃路线图，企图转道参加境外“东伊运”恐怖组织。公安机关现已掌握，这些人员在外逃过程中还得到了境外“东突”组织派人接应和资助。

这一重大恐怖组织的破获再次证明，“东伊运”等恐怖组织是当前和今后一段时期我国面临的最主要恐怖威胁。中国公安机关将坚决支持并履行联合国大会和安理会的决议，依法严厉打击各种恐怖主义活动，切实维护社会稳定。

今天的发布会到此结束，谢谢！

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