His name is Abduweli Abdusemet. He is around 45. He is originally from Yapchan, Yegisheher County, Kashgar Prefecture. and He is the director of the Xinjiang Red Camel Biotechnology Company. (Its office is Urumchi and factory is in Aksu). , He was introduced as the most noted Ethnic Entrepreneur in the Fifth periodical of 2011 of Xinjiang Youth Magazine.
current location
[Presumably in Kashgar.]
chronology of detention(s)
Unclear. According to the news, he was detained in 2018, but a policeman who received RFA' phone call said that he was detained two years ago.
Testimony 3: he had previously been held at a reform-through-labor institution in Mush Township in 1999, according to his cousin, who had visited him there.
Testimony 4: has been to prison twice in the 1990s, once for 17 months and once for 3 years.
suspected and/or official reason(s) for detention
According to a man who knows the situation, he was arrested because of his company. His company mainly produces Halal food and advertise their products very often and this is considered as "leading to religious radicalism" by the officials.
Testimony 4: reasons for earlier imprisonment unknown.
last reported status
Unknown. His whereabouts is unknown since his detention.
Testimony 3: no news since detention.
Testimony 4: Around Christmas 2019, a photo of the victim popped up on Facebook showing him with some other Uyghur businessmen at a restaurant in Kashgar (https://archive.is/OfLoL), suggesting that the victim may have been released from detention.
how testifier(s) learned of victim's situation
A man sent a message about the victims to RFA and RFA have made phone calls to Urumchi and Toksu, but they didn't give any information. However, when RFA called to Yapchan Police Station in Yegisheher, a policeman revealed that the victim and his two brothers were arrested two years ago.
additional information
The victim's company mainly produces Halal food and [drinks] and they have already had 120 wholesale points and more than 10 thousand retail stores.
