The list of Detained & imprisoned police – security personnel in China, comprising ethnic Uyghurs and other minorities, is shown below:
| Entry | Victim’s Name | Chinese name | ID no. | About the Testifier | Relation | About the Victim | Assumed Location | When Detention Took Place | Detention Reason | Victim’s Status | How Testifier Learned of Status | Additional Info | About the Testifier (Translated/Edited) | Relation (Translated/Edited) | About the Victim (Translated/Edited) | Assumed Location (Translated/Edited) | When Detention Took Place (Translated/Edited) | Detention Reason (Translated/Edited) | Victim’s Status (Translated/Edited) | How Testifier Learned of Status (Translated/Edited) | Additional Info (Translated/Edited) | Prison Term (Years) | Age | Gender | Ethnicity | Location | Detention type | Detention time | Detention reason | Official detention reason (1) | Official detention reason (2) | Official detention reason (3) | Health status | Profession |
| 3684 | Adil Yaqup | 65??????????????O? | Abduweli Ayup, an Uyghur scholar, linguist, activist now living in Turkey. | No known relation. | Adil Yaqup, a poet and a vice chief of the Number Three Detention Center (unclear where). | — | March 2018. | — | Previously in detention, but released the first week of April 2019. | Not stated. | This victim is included in the list of detained Uyghur intellectuals, available at here. | — | M | Uyghur | — | unclear (soft) | Jan. 2018 – Mar. 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | security/police | |||||||||||
| 4383 | Nurimangul Memet | 65282219930808??E? | RFA reported | none | Nurimangul Memet. She was born on August 8th, 1993 in Yengisar township (yeza) of Bugur county. She was arrested in December, 2017 from his working place at Transportation department of Hotan city. She was arrested for being irresponsible on checking a few suspects at check stations, then sent back to her hometown Bugur and placed in 27th camp. Her father was informed after her death and asked to pay for the treatment fee. | Bugur county, Bayingolin prefecture | December, 2017 | Not being responsible enough at her work at checkpoints | dead | victim’s classmates testified | — | 18-35 | F | Uyghur | Bayingolin | concentration camp | Oct. 2017 – Dec. 2017 | — | other | — | — | deceased | security/police | |||||||||||
| 4557 | Tursun Behti | 65????19????????O? | RFA article | – | Tursun Behti, in his early forties at the time of death, chief officer of a police station in Urumqi. Following the 2009 riots, he accepted and recorded the cases of Uyghur families demanding information about their missing loved ones. He is known to have repeatedly questioned the authorities regarding their minority policies. | Urumqi | Mid-May 2012 | For questioning the authorities, according to one anonymous police officer | Found dead in his home in suspicious circumstances. The authorities had his family rush the funeral and promised his sons jobs in the police department if they stayed silent. | Based on information obtained from policemen in Urumqi | — | 35-55 | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | other | before 2017 | — | challenging authority | — | — | deceased | security/police | |||||||||||
| 4588 | Dilshat Imin | 65312919????????O? | shahit.biz volunteer | No relation, information publicly available | Dilshat Imin (迪力夏提•依明), a retired policeman. | Payziwat (Jiashi) county, Kashgar prefecture | Unknown | — | The journalist visited him at his home, but Dilshat said he still goes to work in the “industrial zone” (most likely a daily labor camp) | Xinjiang Daily propaganda article about labor camps | — | — | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | forced job placement | — | — | — | — | — | — | security/police | |||||||||||
| 4885 | Nijat Awudun | 尼加提·阿吾东 | 65????1967??????O? | J. Bagdonas | N/A | Niqat Awdoun (尼加提•阿吾东), born in August 1967. Vice-chief of Hotan District’s Public Security Bureau | Hotan | Feb-17 | Breach of Party code. Likely for expressing dissent before the commencement of massive arrests | In detention | http://china.caixin.com/2017-02-09/101053703.html | — | 35-55 | M | Uyghur | Hotan | — | Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017 | — | breach of Party discipline | — | — | — | security/police | ||||||||||
| 4886 | Eli Imin | 艾力·伊明 | 65????1953??????O? | J. Bagdonas, database volunteer | N/A | Eli Imin (艾力•伊明), born in September 1953. Investigator in the Hotan District’s Public Security Bureau | Hotan | Feb-17 | Breach of Party code. Likely for expressing dissent before the commencement of massive arrests | In detention | http://china.caixin.com/2017-02-09/101053703.html | — | 55+ | M | Uyghur | Hotan | — | Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017 | — | breach of Party discipline | — | — | — | security/police | ||||||||||
| 4887 | Abduqadir Abla | 阿不都卡德尔·阿不拉 | 65????19????????O? | J. Bagdonas, database volunteer | N/A | Abduqadeer Abdulla (阿不都卡德尔•阿不拉), an officer in the Hotan Branch of the Xinjiang Public Security Special Investigative Group. | Hotan | Feb-17 | Breach of Party code. Likely for expressing dissent before the commencement of massive arrests | In detention | http://china.caixin.com/2017-02-09/101053703.html | — | — | M | Uyghur | Hotan | — | Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017 | — | breach of Party discipline | — | — | — | security/police | ||||||||||
| 4888 | Yalqun Abdurazaq | 亚力坤·阿布都热扎克 | 65????19????????O? | J. Bagdonas, database volunteer | N/A | Yalqun Abdurazaq(亚力坤•阿布都热扎克). Deputy secretary of Hotan municipality’s Public Security Bureau. | Hotan | Feb-17 | Breach of Party code. Likely for expressing dissent before the commencement of massive arrests | In detention | http://china.caixin.com/2017-02-09/101053703.html | — | — | M | Uyghur | Hotan | — | Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | security/police | ||||||||||
| 4890 | Muhter Tursun | 木合塔尔·吐送 | 65????19????????O? | J. Bagdonas, database volunteer | N/A | Muhtar Tursun (木合塔尔•吐送). Investigator in the National Security branch in Hotan District’s Public Security Bureau | Hotan | Feb-17 | Breach of Party code. Likely for expressing dissent before the commencement of massive arrests | In detention | http://china.caixin.com/2017-02-09/101053703.html | — | — | M | Uyghur | Hotan | — | Jan. 2017 – Mar. 2017 | — | breach of Party discipline | — | — | — | security/police | ||||||||||
| 5071 | Alimjan Emet | 65312319????????O? | J. database part-timer | N/A | Alimjan Emet, 22 years old from Ermudan township (艾尔木东乡). He lived next to Zhangquan Park. Worked as a security guard. | Yengisar county, Kashgar prefecture | Presumably May 2019 (it says 40 days before his death) | Praying | Tortured to death in the camp. His body was buried under close police supervision behind Zhangquan Park. | https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/death-07152019163824.html | — | 18-35 | M | Uyghur | Kashgar | concentration camp | Apr. 2019 – June 2019 | related to religion | — | — | — | deceased | security/police | |||||||||||
| 5140 | Shireli Obul | 653224??????????O? | Testimony 1|2: Tohti’rozi Obul, originally from Hotan’s Lop County but now living in Germany. (brother) | Shireli Ubul. He is from House NO. 29, Road 13, Yengibagh residential area, Lop county, Hotan prefecture. He was a worker at a security company. He was detained and placed in concentration camp. | Lop, Hotan | unknown | his brother was abroand and refused to go back, so police arrested him instead. | Testimony 1: in concentration camp Testimony 2: it’s been 3 years that the testifier hasn’t had news of him. |
unclear | — | Testimony 1|2: Tohti’rozi Obul, originally from Hotan’s Lop County but now living in Germany. (brother) | — | M | Uyghur | Hotan | no news for over a year | — | — | guarantor | — | — | — | security/police | |||||||||||
| 5322 | Ablikim Ghopur | 652923196???????O? | Radio Free Asia: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/police-detained-08202019160001.html https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/uyghurda-lager-08202019132045.html |
None | Ablikim Ghopur, a 54-year-old commissar of Kucha Police. | Kucha county, Aksu prefecture | Jun-18 | “Two-faced behavior”. A propaganda video mentioning his name has spread around Xinjiang’s government circles. | In detention | From an Uyghur exile source. His detention was confirmed to RFA by a staff member of Kucha’s PSB. | — | 35-55 | M | Uyghur | Aksu | — | Apr. 2018 – June 2018 | — | two-faced | — | — | — | security/police | |||||||||||
| 5405 | Qadir Memet | 卡德尔·买买提 | Twitter user “Uyghur from E.T” (Twitter handle: @Uyghurspeaker) | none | Qadir Memet, Chief Investigator and vice-secretary of the Urumqi City Public Security Bureau. Was awarded by Jiang Zemin for his achievements. RFA report: He was notorious for his loyalty to the Chinese regime in persecuting and imprisoning Uyghurs. According to his former colleagues, that, and not his competency, was the reason why he got to such high status. |
[Presumably Urumqi] | RFA report: late July 2019 | Association with criminal gangs RFA report: Possibly as a result of losing a power struggle. |
In detention | Not stated | Chinese article with pro-government quotations by Qadir: RFA coverage: https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/saqchi-bashliqi-08292019134827.html https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/officer-08302019154154.html |
— | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | — | July 2019 – Sep. 2019 | — | gang membership | — | — | — | security/police | |||||||||||
| 5450 | Tursuntohti Mehsut | 65322219????????O? | RFA — Memettursun Osman. He is from Guma County in Hotan. He was detained in the past. But his current whereabouts wasn’t mentioned in the news. | his inmate | His name is Tursuntohti Mehsut. Tursuntohti was a head officer of Yawa Country police station in Qaraqash County. According to the testifier, he was arrested on the account of not being active in a ” fierce attack” and assisting those who might commit crimes with their passport. | [Presumably in Hotan.] | Possibly in June 2017, though the testifier does not recall the arrest. | not being active in a ” fierce attack” and assisting those who might commit crimes with their passport. | He was in a detention center when the testifier met him. It’s not clear what’s happened since, however. | According to the news report, the testifier was his inmate. | RFA report English-language version mention |
— | M | Uyghur | Hotan | — | Apr. 2017 – June 2017 | — | two-faced | assisting “criminals” | — | — | security/police | |||||||||||
| 5494 | Juret Ibrahim | 举热提·伊不拉音 | Testimony 1|2: Local police, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (colleague) Testimony 3: Urumqi Railway Transportation Procuratorate, a local government body responsible for prosecution and investigation. |
His name is Juret Ibrahim. He was vice-secretary of the Urumchi City Public Security Bureau. He has been also a member of Urumchi City Public Security Bureau Party Committee and political commissar of Urumchi City National Security Team. He was selected as “an advanced collective in nationwide with whom people contented” in 2014. | [Presumably Urumqi] | He was taken before two weeks his colleague, Qadir Memet {5405}, was taken. | Testimony 1/2: [probably] revealing state secrets Testimony 3: accepting bribes. |
Testimony 1: A worker in [Public Security Bureau] who was interviewed by RFA via telephone confirmed that Juret was arrested. Testimony 2: Another worker in [Public Security Bureau] said that he was taken into re-education camp. [However, this is an unlikely course of action for an official who is formally investigated.] Testimony 3: formally arrested. |
Testimony 1-2: these are primary sources presumably close to the case. Testimony 3: this is the government body in charge of (or close to) his arrest and investigation. |
He was investigated by the government about revealing the total number of detainees, which is very few people in the Public Security Bureau aware of, in all Uyghur- colleagues-gathered party. Later, he was arrested and put in camps on the charge of revealing state secrets. RFA coverage (Testimony 1-2) South China Morning Post coverage Formal arrest announcement (Testimony 3) |
Testimony 1|2: Local police, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (colleague) Testimony 3: Urumqi Railway Transportation Procuratorate, a local government body responsible for prosecution and investigation. |
— | M | Uyghur | Urumqi | — | — | revealing “state secrets” | taking bribes | — | — | — | security/police | |||||||||||
| 5574 | Hemit Qari | 652923197???????O? | Testimony 1: Anonymous, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (relation unclear) Testimony 2: Local police, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. |
His name is Hemit Qari (ھېمىت قارى) and he is about 45 years old. He was the former Head of Ucha Municipality Police Station in Kucha County before he was detained. | [Very likely in Aksu.] | Unknown | According to the news report, he was detained on the charge of having felt sympathy for the criminals and revealed the state secret. He reportedly mentioned to friends in a gathering in early 2019 that “many people died in the camp at Kucha”. | in detention center | RFA received a message about the victim’s detention and they made phone calls to Kucha. During the phone interview, the victim’s status has been confirmed. | In a gathering, he mentioned in a regretful tone that many of the detainees have died in the camps. After one week, He was called to the Department of Discipline Inspection of Kucha County Bureau of Public Security. He is now in the detention center for further investigation. His arrest has been confirmed during the phone interview by RFA to Kucha County. A worker in the Bureau of Public Security of Kucha County who received RFA’s phone call said that they were watching “a disciplinary film for police officers” and Hemit was filmed among those whose so-called crimes or mistakes introduced. RFA coverage (Testimony 1-2): https://www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewerler/Hemit-Qari-10172019232401.html https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/detained-10212019174917.html |
Testimony 1: Anonymous, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (relation unclear) Testimony 2: Local police, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. |
35-55 | M | Uyghur | Aksu | in custody | — | two-faced | — | — | — | — | security/police | |||||||||||
| 5766 | Rusul Rishit | 65292419????????O? | Submission to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances | N/A | His name is Rusul Rishit. He is from Shayar County, Aksu Prefecture. He is a police officer. | [Presumably in Aksu.] | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Not Stated. | — | — | M | Uyghur | Aksu | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | security/police | |||||||||||
| 6617 | Hebibul Abdul | 艾比布·阿不杜力 | 652101194101152218 | Testimony 1|2: Melikezat Hebibul, originally from Turpan but now living in Turkey, which she hasn’t left since 2016. Her passport expired in 2018. (daughter) | Hebibul Abdul is 79 years old. He worked as an office chief of Chatqal Township Police Station for more than 30 years. Address (as on ID, 2014): Apt. 501, Entrance No. 4, Building No. 9, Qingnian Road, Turpan City, Xinjiang (新疆吐鲁番市青年路9号楼4单元501室). Chinese passport number: E18223031. |
[Presumably in Turpan.] | In 2018. | Unknown. | The victim was released in January 2019. But the testifier has never contacted him. | Not Stated. | — | Testimony 1|2: Melikezat Hebibul, originally from Turpan but now living in Turkey, which she hasn’t left since 2016. Her passport expired in 2018. (daughter) | 55+ | M | Uyghur | Turpan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | security/police | ||||||||||
| 6619 | Mihray Hebibul | 652101197706030022 | Testimony 1|2|4: Melikezat Hebibul, originally from Turpan but now living in Turkey, which she hasn’t left since 2016. Her passport expired in 2018. (sister) Testimony 3: Melikezat Hebibul, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (sister) |
Her name is Mihray Hebibul (米日阿衣·艾比布). She is 40 years old. She graduated from Police Training School. She worked in Idiqut Police Station in Turpan City. She is rewarded as outstanding cadre almost every year in Urumchi. She was a Party member. Address: House No. 26, Dilshat Neighborhood, Junmin Gongjian Road, Turpan City, Xinjiang (新疆吐鲁番市军民共建路迪力夏提买里26号). |
[Unclear, as sentenced.] | In 2018. Testimony 4: sentenced to 3 years on November 6, 2019. |
Unknown. | Testimony 3: sentenced to 3 years. | Not Stated. | RFA coverage (Testimony 3) | Testimony 1|2|4: Melikezat Hebibul, originally from Turpan but now living in Turkey, which she hasn’t left since 2016. Her passport expired in 2018. (sister) Testimony 3: Melikezat Hebibul, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (sister) |
3 | 35-55 | F | Uyghur | — | sentenced | — | — | — | — | — | — | security/police | ||||||||||
| 6622 | Alim Hebibul | 阿力木·艾比布 | 652101197504092217 | Testimony 1|2|4: Melikezat Hebibul, originally from Turpan but now living in Turkey, which she hasn’t left since 2016. Her passport expired in 2018. (sister) Testimony 3: Melikezat Hebibul, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (sister) |
His name is Alim Hebibul, 42 years old (as of December 2019). He worked at Xingzan Prison in Turpan and was a Party member. Address: Apt. 401, Entrance No. 2, Building No. 1, Qingnian Neighborhood, Qingnian Road, Turpan City, Xinjiang (新疆吐鲁番市青年路青年小区1号楼2单元401室). |
[Unclear, as in prison.] | In 2018. Testimony 4: sentenced to 3 years in prison on November 6, 2019. |
Unknown. | Still in the camp. Testimony 3: sentenced to 3 years. |
Not Stated. | RFA coverage (Testimony 3) | Testimony 1|2|4: Melikezat Hebibul, originally from Turpan but now living in Turkey, which she hasn’t left since 2016. Her passport expired in 2018. (sister) Testimony 3: Melikezat Hebibul, as reported by Radio Free Asia Uyghur. (sister) |
3 | 35-55 | M | Uyghur | — | sentenced | — | — | — | — | — | — | security/police | |||||||||
| 7946 | Pettar Ehmet | 帕它尔·艾合买提 | 652101198302052617 | Halmurat Uyghur, a Finland-based activist, originally from Turpan but now a citizen of Finland. (from same town/region) | Pettar Ehmet, from Turpan, is a graduate of a Chinese police university, and served in the People’s Liberation Army before going to work for state security. His father, Ehmet, is a state-recognized martyr. Address: Apt. 502, Entrance No. 5, 285 West Wenquan Road, Shuimogou District, Urumqi (乌鲁木齐市水磨沟区温泉西路285号90栋5单元502号). |
[Presumably in Turpan.] | In the summer of 2018. | Being disloyal to the Party. | In detention. | Not stated. | — | Halmurat Uyghur, a Finland-based activist, originally from Turpan but now a citizen of Finland. (from same town/region) | Pettar Ehmet, from Turpan, is a graduate of a Chinese police university, and served in the People’s Liberation Army before going to work for state security. His father, Ehmet, is a state-recognized martyr. Address: Apt. 502, Entrance No. 5, 285 West Wenquan Road, Shuimogou District, Urumqi (乌鲁木齐市水磨沟区温泉西路285号90栋5单元502号). |
[Presumably in Turpan.] | In the summer of 2018. | Being disloyal to the Party. | In detention. | Not stated. | — | 35-55 | M | Uyghur | Turpan | — | — | two-faced | — | — | — | — | security/police |
