Who incited and plotted Xinjiang riot?
Evidence showed the riot was organized. It was instigated and masterminded by the World Uyghur Congress led by Kadeer. The Congress used the June 26 factory brawl between Uygur and Han ethnic workers in Guangdong Province, in which two Uygurs died, to create chaos. On July 1, the Congress held a special meeting, plotting to instigate unrest by sending messages via the Internet, telephones and mobile phones. On July 4, some people inside the country began to send out a flood of online posts encouraging people to go to the Renmin Square in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to protest on July 5 to support separatists abroad. At 1:06 a.m. July 5, police in Urumqi were tipped off that some people were putting out illegal information calling for an illegal gathering at Renmin Square at 7 p.m. July 5. According to recordings of calls, at 11 a.m. July 5, Kadeer said, as she called her younger brother in Urumqi, “A lot of things have happened, and we all know something mi
