Sattar Sawut was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve after being found guilty of separatism and taking bribes. Photo: Weibo Sattar Sawut was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve after being found guilty of separatism and taking bribes. Photo: Weibo
Sattar Sawut was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve after being found guilty of separatism and taking bribes. Photo: Weibo
Xinjiang
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Uygur ex-head of Xinjiang education department gets suspended death sentence

  • Sattar Sawut found guilty of separatism and taking bribes linked to publication of ‘problematic’ school textbooks, court says
  • Five other Uygurs given heavy sentences, while former head of Xinjiang department of justice gets suspended death sentence in separate case

Topic |   Xinjiang
Jun Mai
Jun Mai in Beijing

Updated: 2:09am, 8 Apr, 2021

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Sattar Sawut was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve after being found guilty of separatism and taking bribes. Photo: Weibo Sattar Sawut was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve after being found guilty of separatism and taking bribes. Photo: Weibo
Sattar Sawut was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve after being found guilty of separatism and taking bribes. Photo: Weibo
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