China tries 200 for Xinjiang riot

[Heidi]

Source: BBC

Page last updated at 02:27 GMT, Monday, 24 August 2009 03:27 UK

More than 200 people will be prosecuted on charges of involvement in the Xinjiang disturbances of last month, the China Daily has reported.

The trials are expected to start this week in Urumqi.

Charges include vandalising public property and transport, organising crowds to cause bodily harm to others, robbery, murder and arson.

Chinese police detained more than 1,500 people after violence between ethnic Uighurs and Han Chinese left 200 dead.



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[David__77]

1. Hopefully real justice is served.

There were those beating and smashing both among Uighur and Han nationalities. No one should receive preference. That should be a real concern.