US Sanctions Chinese Companies Related to Uyghur Oppression

Second Sanctions Related to Uyghurs

[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] The United States has sanctioned two Chinese companies and individuals over human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China.

On the 31st (local time), the U.S. Treasury Department blacklisted the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) and former XPCC Party Secretary Sun Jinlong and XPCC Deputy Party Secretary Feng Jiarui for committing serious human rights violations against ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.

The Treasury Department defined the XPCC as a quasi-military organization under the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang that strengthens internal control in the region by advancing China's economic development vision.

The XPCC is currently known as the only remaining unique form of quasi-military organization in China, integrating political, military, and production functions while undertaking border defense duties.

With this sanction, the XPCC and the individuals involved will have their assets frozen in the United States, and U.S. citizens are prohibited from engaging in transactions with the XPCC and these individuals.

Earlier on the 9th, the U.S. also restricted visa issuance for high-ranking Chinese officials and their families, including Chen Quanguo, the trusted and absolute loyalist Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Zhu Hailun, Secretary of the Xinjiang Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and Wang Mingshan, Secretary of the Autonomous Region Public Security Bureau.

On the 20th, the U.S. Department of Commerce also added 11 Chinese companies involved in human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities to its sanctions list.

On the same day, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged on his Twitter that the world join in condemning the Chinese Communist Party's atrocious abuses of its own citizens' human rights.

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