THE WORLD UYGHUR NETWORK NEWS May 20, 1998

[ETIC, 5/17/98] The May issue of "Jing Ming" magazine published in Hong Kong reported that the Chinese government urgently transferred 30,000 elite armed police troops from Jilin province to Eastern Turkistan. The troops transfer operation was finished by April 11. [Kiyan]

[ETIC, 5/5/98] On April 27, a group of armed men attacked an arms depot of Bingtuan, paramilitary construction corps, in the village of Chibku of Guychung county. The attackers stole a large number of guns and ammunition. On May 3, a bomb exploded in one of the buildings of Bingtuan # 29 located near the city of Korla killing 41 Chinese soldiers and wounding many others. [Bughda]