China has created a 100 million yuan ($14.5 million) fund for « anti-terrorism » awards in a violence-wracked part of the country, state media reported,
BEIJING – China has created a 100 million yuan ($14.5 million) fund for “anti-terrorism” awards in a violence-wracked part of the country, state media reported, as the government steps up a campaign targeting unrest.
The government of Hotan in the far western region of Xinjiang will give prizes of up to 5 million yuan ($730,000) to those who expose terrorist plots or “struggle, kill, wound, or subdue rioters,” the Hotan Daily newspaper reported Tuesday.
Those who share information will receive “absolute confidentiality” and will be rewarded according to their role in wounding rioters or “killing (them) in battle.”
Inside information on plots to attack crowded places, party buildings, government officers can lead to rewards of three to 5 million yuan, while information on people sharing firearm technology or other weapons can receive two and a half to 4 million.
