Nobel Peace Prize candidate criticized for terror links
(AFP)
Updated: 2006-09-13 07:35 China said on Tuesday that a candidate for the
2006 Nobel Peace Prize had links with terrorist organizations and attempted
to undermine China.
The Chinese government said Tuesday that the exiled politician Rebiya Kadeer,
a member of the Turkic-speaking Uighur minority, was attempting to split the
westernmost Xinjiang region from China by colluding with known terrorist
organizations.
"She was arrested for endangering national security and sentenced," foreign
ministry spokesman Qin Gang said at a routine briefing.
"At present, she connives with terrorist forces abroad and engages in
anti-Chinese secessionist movements that are attempting to separate Xinjiang
from China."
Kadeer has been nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize that will be
announced on October 13.
She was sentenced for leaking state secrets in late 1999.
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