A senior Party official in Xinjiang has denounced Rebiya Kadeer,
now living the United States, as a separatist, saying she has no
qualifications to be nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
"To call Rebiya (Kadeer) the 'mother of all Uygurs' is
absolutely preposterous and ... amounts to defaming an ethnic
minority," the China News Service quoted Nuer Baikeli, vice
secretary of the Communist Party committee of Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region, as telling a meeting on Sunday in Urumqi.
As a mother who could not educate her own children well, Baikeli
said, "it is beyond imagination that she could become the 'mother'
of the Uygurs with a population of about 10 million."
"The statements of Rebiya clearly show that she wants to destroy
the peace and stability of Chinese society, this does not conform
with the requirements of the Nobel Peace Prize," Nuer Baikeli said
at the meeting of publicity chiefs.
A netizen wrote his comment to the China News Service story,
saying if such a person who tries to separate the country and
favors violence were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, it would
be sarcastic to the title of the prize. She is a separatist
monster.
59-year-old Rebiya was detained 1999 for endangering the
national security. She went to the United States for medical
treatment in March 2005 after promising to stay away from any
separatist activities.
She was also found to have engaged in trafficking in illegal
drugs and engaging in illegal economic activities.
Xinjiang officials also accused her of engaging in activities to
try and topple the central government and seeking Xinjiang's
independence from China through "violent terrorist activities," the
service said.
A netizen questioned the motivation of the United States in his
comments at Sina.com.cn, saying the US supports the nomination of a
person attempting to overthrow the government for Nobel prize. What
an ill motive it harbors!
(Chinadaily.com.cn January 8, 2007)