testifying party (submitted by third party)

Testimony 1: Erkingul Toqtag’an, born on April 4, 1964 in Tacheng prefecture, citizen of Kazakhstan since 2011

Testimony 2: Qasym Tursynqan

victim's relation to testifier

Testimony 1: Unclear: Erkingul has been asked by the victim’s relatives to testify in their place.

Testimony 2: unclear

about the victim

Aidyn Qaidyrhan (阿依登*卡得尔汗).

Address: Sarbas village (萨尔巴斯村), Kurt township (二道桥乡), Emin county, Tacheng prefecture

current location

[Presumably in Tacheng.]

chronology of detention(s)

December 2017

RFA report: Emin county police published the report on March 27, 2019, but real detention date is unclear.

Testimony 2: taken away on March 4, 2018

suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention

RFA report: Accused of being a member of a criminal gang led by Arshyn Zhumahan.

Testimony 2: for attending Friday prayers

last reported status

Testimony 1: In camp.

However, the RFA reports that he's been put on trial for being a "member of a criminal gang".

how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation

Unclear

additional information

Supplemented with information from RFA article: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql-04032019093336.html

It remains unclear if the person has indeed committed foul crimes or his name is just being used to report on more Kazakhs.

supplementary materials

entry created on: 2019-02-17

entry last modified on: 2019-10-01

last update from testifier(s): 2019-08-27