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The Chinese authorities declare that they govern the Xinjiang-Uighur
Autonomous Region in accordance with the state law. But, in reality,
the authorities apply double standards to the Han people and the
Uighur people.
Xinjiang Juridical Newspaper in its issue from January 4, 2001,
informs that, after the investigation, the Office of Control of the
Implementation of the Law ordered the Ili District Court to conduct a
second trial of a Han person who was previously sentenced by the local
court for committing an economic crime. The local court officers were
punished for violating legal rights of the defendant.
The newspaper says:
"Having considered the case of Liu Cheng-Chen, a Bingtuan worker, the
Ili branch of the Autonomous Region's Court ruled in favor of the
defendant and decreed that Liu Cheng-chen's lawful rights were
violated. This case was selected for the revision in 1998. By the
order of the Supreme People's Court, a legal specialist was sent to
examine the case of Liu Cheng-chen. In the result, the case was
retried by the Court, and the sentence was changed in favor of Liu
Cheng-chen. This is an example when an unfair decision of a local
court has been reversed."
In the last two years, tens of thousand of Uighurs have arbitrarily
been arrested in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region falsely accused
in participating in the Hotan incident, the Ghulja incident, and bus
explosions in Urumchi. Many of the arrested were sentenced to death
or were given long term prison sentences without sufficient proof of
guilt. In the course of investigations, many of the arrested Uighurs
appealed to the Supreme Court of the Autonomous Region with request to
retry their cases, but their appeals were rejected.
In the case discussed above, the Supreme Court demonstrated an absolutely
different treatment of a case with a Han Bingtuan member. This example
shows how the "justice" is practiced in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous
Region. The Chinese law applies only to the Han people. To the Uighur
people, the authorities apply the directives of the Chinese communist
party. The Chinese justice is a justice with double standards. |
