Abdurahman Memet was a tour guide in Turpan. His parents and brother wrote him letters from camp, and he shared them with his nephew in Japan. When the letters were made public, he disappeared.
Abdurahman Memet was a tour guide at the Turpan branch of the "Golden Bridge" (altun kowruk, 金桥) International Tour Agency (full name in Chinese: 新疆金桥国际旅行社吐鲁番分社). He finished high school and had 8 years of Mandarin-language education.
Phone number: +8618690321952.Abdurahman Memet (阿布都热合曼·买买提), a tour guide at the Turpan branch of the "Golden Bridge" (altun kowruk, 金桥) International Tour Agency (full name in Chinese: 新疆金桥国际旅行社吐鲁番分社). He finished high school and had 8 years of Mandarin-language education.
On July 6, 2019, he was preparing to take a tour group to Ghulja for a 5-day trip, starting on July 7, 2019, for which he appears to have left as planned. On the same day (July 7), letters that his family had received from relatives in camp, which he had sent to his nephew in Japan in 2018, were published on shahit.biz and also posted on social networks, spreading quickly and prompting the Turpan police to call Abdurahman on July 9 to ask whom he shared the letters with. On July 11, he returned to Turpan and contact with him was definitively lost. By July 20, it became clear through a mix of sources that he was being held in detention in Turpan.On July 6, 2019, he was preparing to take a tour group to Ghulja for a 5-day trip, starting on July 7, 2019, which is when he allegedly left as planned. On the same day (July 7), letters that his family had received from relatives in camp, which he had sent to his nephew in Japan in 2018, were published on shahit.biz and also posted on social networks, spreading quickly and prompting the Turpan police to call Abdurahman on July 9 to ask whom he shared the letters with. On July 11, he returned to Turpan and contact with him was definitively lost. By July 20, it became clear through a mix of sources that he was being held in detention in Turpan.
suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention
Almost certainly the fact that the letters from camp that he had shared with his relative abroad were widely posted online.Almost certainly the fact that the letters from camp that he had shared with his relative abroad were widely posted online.
last reported status
Presumably in a detention center in Turpan. [However, there's been no real news since his disappearance.]Presumably in a detention center in Turpan.
how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation
His nephew used his contacts in Xinjiang and inner China to get updates about his uncle's case.I've been in touch with his relative abroad, who used his contacts in Xinjiang and China to get updates about his uncle's case.
additional information
Phone number of the Gaochang District police station: +869958564820.
Tour company phone: +869958832300 (landline), +8613899318116 (mobile).
A Financial Times reporter visited Turpan on July 13 and asked about Abdurahman. Without confirming the detention, the police gave a vague reply about staying in touch with the reporter and letting him know later. Nothing appears to have come of this, however.
Tour company phone: +869958832300 (landline), +8613899318116 (mobile).
A Financial Times reporter visited Turpan on July 13 and asked about Abdurahman. Without confirming the detention, the police gave a vague reply about staying in touch with the reporter and letting him know later. Nothing appears to have come of this, however.
