Program exposes ex-Xinjiang officials

A documentary which was broadcast on Friday revealed that some former senior officials of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region were actually "two-faced people" who were behind regional sabotage activities but acted as if they were fighters against terrorism and extremism.

"The War in the Shadows"－a 55-minute documentary produced by China Global Television Network－has revealed how some officials hidden in government bodies had backed the spread of extremism and terrorism in Xinjiang.

Such people include Shirzat Bawudun, former police chief in Moyu county of Hotan and then head of the Xinjiang regional justice department and deputy secretary of the Political and Legal Commission of Communist Party of China Xinjiang Committee, and Sattar Sawut, former director of the Xinjiang regional education department.