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    Xinjiang targets drug trafficking
    By Lei Xiaoxun and Zhu Zhe (China Daily)
    Updated: 2009-03-10 07:42

    The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region plans to beef up the border police force to deal with rising drug trafficking from the neighboring "Golden Crescent" region, a top local official has said.

    "We have asked (the central government) for the deployment of more security forces along the border. The current number is simply not enough," Nur Bekri, chairman of the regional government, told China Daily on the sidelines of the annual session of the National People's Congress, the top legislature.

    Xinjiang targets drug trafficking

    Bekri said the rising incidence of drug trafficking from the "Golden Crescent" region requires more border police. The "Golden Crescent", which encompasses the mountain valleys of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, has become the world's primary drug source.

    Local police cracked 1,563 drug-related cases last year, arresting nearly 2,000 suspects and seizing 144 kg of heroin and 6.72 kg of "ice", with drugs coming from the "Golden Crescent" accounting for 50 percent of the cases, according to latest police figures.

    In Urumqi, 70 percent of the drugs come from the "Golden Crescent".

    Bekri said the drug problem has become serious in Xinjiang. "While traffickers are trying to make Xinjiang a transit point, consumption within the region is increasing as well," he said.

    Increased drug use has resulted in rising HIV infections in the region, with needle sharing accounting for nearly two-thirds of the cases.

    Figures from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention show that by September 2008, Xinjiang had reported 24,818 HIV-infection cases, ranking fourth among all provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in the country.

    The infection ratio is the highest in the country, according to the center, as Xinjiang has only 20 million residents.

    Bekri said the regional government plans to allocate 40 million yuan ($5.85 million) this year for the prevention of HIV/AIDS. The money, to be increased annually, will be mainly used for education programs and de-addiction treatment.

    Bekri also said that this year's security situation in Xinjiang is "more severe" compared with previous years.

    This year marks the region's 60th anniversary of peaceful liberation. It is home to more than 10.96 million ethnic minority people such as Uygurs, Mongolians and the Hui; and is in the frontline in the battle against the "three evil forces" of separatists, terrorists and extremists.

    Bekri said this year is a time of celebration for Xinjiang people but hostile forces will not give up an opportunity to destroy it.

    The situation in South Asia, including terror attacks in India, Afghanistan and Pakistan, are also a spur to the three forces, he said.

    "The 'three forces' will never give up their actions, but they can never prevail," he said.

    "I cannot assure there won't be any incident, but I can assure there will not be anything big."

    He said the current number of border security staff remains the same as in 1992, but in the past 17 years the number of inbound and outbound travelers has increased from 69,000 a year to more than 2 million.

    Despite the new challenges, Bekri said he is confident of maintaining stability.

    "My confidence stems from the people, who have benefited from the region's development all these years."

    (China Daily 03/10/2009 page1)

     

     

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