a Xinjiang police notice published in 2014 listed 75 indicators of "religious extremist". These included:
• Owning a compass
• Abstaining from alcohol
• Wailing, publicly grieving or otherwise acting sad when your parents die
• Not letting officials scan your irises
• Telling others not to swear
• Not allowing officials to sleep in your bed, eat your food and live in your house
• Being related to anyone who has done any of the above
Holding a foreign passport is also grounds for suspicion, said Hong Kong-based academic and specialist in Uyghur nationalism studies Shih Chien Yu.
"Beijing believes they don't acknowledge the power of the Communist Party and the Chinese Government enough," Mr Shih said.
Which is why in another of the leaked bulletins, IJOP records the cases involving the 23 Australian citizens among the 75 foreign passport holders.
These 23 are in addition to another 15 adults and six children from the Australian Uyghur community who are being detained in Xinjiang, according to Canberra-based Uyghur activist Nurgul Sawut. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-25/china-cables-beijings-xinjiang-secrets-revealed/11719016
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