Memetuhut Memetrozi, co-founder of the terrorist East Turkestan Islamic Movement, has urged young people not to be tricked by religious extremists or to become one, as he once did.

The 41-year-old made the remarks during his latest confession, according to a transcript released by Xinjiang No 1 Prison on Tuesday. He is currently serving a life sentence for secession in the prison in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

He was sent back to China in 2003 by the Pakistani intelligence service and charged with ETIM involvement by the Urumqi Intermediate People's Court on Feb 21, 2005.