The crackdown also saw Han Chinese sent to live in the homes of Uighur families to scrutinise their lives for signs of "religious extremism", along with heavy surveillance imposed across the region.
In two major leaks of internal documents, hundreds of pages of directives and speeches were published byand the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists last month showing the extent of the crackdown. Officials were instructed to tell students returning home from overseas that their relatives had been interned because they were "infected" by the "virus" of radicalism.
US legislation passed last week called for the re-education camps in Xinjiang to be closed and urged US president Donald Trump to impose sanctions on the Chinese Communist Party secretary for Xinjiang, Chen Quango.Zakir said the centres were a "valuable exploration" in China's "fight against terrorism and extremism in accordance with the law".
"In the next step, in order to meet the desire of grassroots cadres and the masses to improve their quality, following the principles of respect for will, independent choice... and freedom of enrolment, we will provide daily, routine and normal open education and training to cadres and party members in rural areas, farmers and herdsmen and unemployed graduates," he said.
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