URUMQI, May 25 -- A total of 181 terror groups were dismantled after a sweeping campaign by police in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region waslaunched a year ago.
According to data revealed by the publicity office under the regional committee of theCommunist Party of China, 96.2 percent of the terror groups were thwarted at theplanning stage and 112 suspects turned themselves in to the police.
The campaign was launched a day after the May 22 bombing of a market in the regionalcapital of Urumqi that killed 39 people in 2014.
In addition to terror activities, the police have also clamped down on religious extremismand video and audio clips propagating terrorism, as well as intensified crackdowns onillegal border crossings.
According to official figures, only 8.7 percent of verdicts on the terror cases given by theregion's courts over the past year were appealed by defendants, significantly lower thanthe proportion among ordinary criminal cases in the region.
Residents from all ethnic groups in Xinjiang have constituted an important force infighting terrorism, as the police have solved 81 terror cases based on tipoffs during thecampaign.
In early August last year, more than 30,000 volunteers helped local police chase suspectsin Karakax County. Local authorities later promised to offer more than 300 million yuan(about 48 million U.S. dollars) in cash rewards to those who helped hunt suspectedterrorists.
In another typical case in Kashgar, where police officers swiftly solved a terror case inJanuary this year, relatives of a terrorist suspect reported clues to the police and localresidents volunteered to help track the suspect by setting up checking points andconducting household surveys.
Auxiliary police officer Eli Ismail died fighting a terrorist attack in Baicheng County inFebruary. His grieving father, however, gave full support to a different son's dream to be apoliceman.
"If he dies too, I'll fight myself!" said the father.
To weaken the clout of religious extremism, local authorities have vigorously promotedmodern living in the region. For example, they have encouraged Uygur women to abandonthe burqa, an Islamic garment that covers women's faces, and instead wear their colorfultraditional dress.
The regional legislature has approved a regulation banning the wearing of the burqa inpublic places in Urumqi.
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