Things to know about all the lies on Xinjiang: How have they come about? (11)

◆The third category of those cases involve the so-called "witnesses" whose experiences were in fact fabricated.

There are a large number of people whose identities have been fabricated, distorted and exploited in the so-called Xinjiang-related "databases". For instance, Tayir Asan, a doctor of the Gastroenterology Department of the People's Hospital in Kuqa of the Aksu Prefecture; Aysham Sadik, a retired teacher; Gulbahar Mamat, a kindergarten teacher in Zepu County, Kashgar Prefecture; Tayir Talip, a writer and retired editor of Kashgar Daily; Anwar Dawut, Omar Ali and Abdukeyum Dawut in Pishan County, Hotan Prefecture, and so on. All of them were allegedly "detained" according to the Western anti-China forces, when, in fact, all of them are living a normal life. Among them, Yilpan Yezmujan, a football player, is training at the Suning football club in Jiangsu Province; Isak Payzulla, an editor of Hami Daily, and the Zaram Talips, retired officials from the Committee of Ethnic and Religious Affairs in Hami, attended in person the fifth press briefing on Xinjiang-related issues on 2 March 2020 to debunk the rumors.

◆The fourth category of those cases involve people who have been prosecuted on criminal charges in accordance with the law.

In the so-called Xinjiang related "databases", there are some who were sentenced in accordance with the law for violating China's laws. They are by no means the "victims". For example, Sami Bary from Turpan was sentenced to life imprisonment for organizing, leading and joining terrorist organizations and for murder; Akbar Yimin from Urumqi was sentenced to 25 years in prison for organizing and leading organized crime of a gangland nature, forced transaction, robbery and unlawful detention; Ahat Wuji from Baicheng County in Aksu was sentenced to 20 years in prison for attempted murder and provocative and disturbing acts; Abdurehman Abdukerem from Zequ County in Kashgar was sentenced to four years in prison for child molestation. It is simply preposterous that the Western anti-China forces should "cry foul" for these criminals.