BEIJING (TIP): In a rare public admission of Pakistani links to militancy in China‘s Muslimmajority Xinjiang province, the official media on August 27 said that the co-founder of al- Qaida linked East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) was indoctrinated in a madarasa in that country.

State-run China Daily today published confessions of Memetuhut Memetrozi, 41, cofounder of ETIM which is fighting for secession of Xinjiang from China. He is serving a life sentence for his involvement in terrorist attacks. According to confession statement released by Xinjiang No. 1 Prison, Memetuhut was repatriated by Pakistan’s intelligence service to China. Memetuhut said he travelled around Central Asia pursuing his interest in Islam. In 1992, he enrolled in an Arab-run school in Pakistan where he came into contact with young extremists.