Chinese authorities have ordered that all vehicles in Bayingol prefecture in Xinjiang province have to install ‘satellite navigation system’ before June 30.
Chinese authorities are going all out in shoring up security in the insurgency prone Xinjiang province as it issues latest order to mandatorily install ‘satellite navigation system’ in all the cars travelling across Bayingol prefecture.
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As per the order, starting from this Monday all car owners in Bayingol prefecture will have to install ‘Beidou Navigation Satellite System,’ which is China’s indigenous satellite navigation system, very similar to the GPS system.
« Cars are the major means of transportation for terrorists, and also a frequently chosen tool to conduct terrorist attacks. So it’s necessary to use the Beidou system in all vehicles, » Bayingol traffic police said on its official Weibo account.
A employee working with Bayingol traffic police told The Global Times that that the satellite navigation system would help to track the cars « wherever they go » and It also « helps car owners to find their cars quickly if it’s been stolen by terrorists.
