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Kadeer kin blame her for deaths in unrest: China
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BEIJING — Relatives of exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer have blamed her for the deaths of innocent people in ethnic unrest early last month, Chinese state media reported Monday.
Kadeer's son Khahar, daughter Roxingul and younger brother Memet wrote an open letter to her, expressing "their moral indignation at the riot" in Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang region, the Xinhua news agency said.
"Because of you, many innocent people of all ethnic groups lost their lives in Urumqi on July 5, with huge damage to property, shops and vehicles," they wrote, according to Xinhua.
"The harmony and unity among ethnic groups were damaged," the letter allegedly said.
The Chinese government says Kadeer was behind the July 5 violence, which left 197 people dead, most of them Han Chinese killed by angry mobs from China's Uighur minority.
Kadeer, a former businesswoman who spent several years in Chinese jail before leaving for US exile earlier this decade, has denied the charges.
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Read the full text of the letter to Rebiya Kadeer by her family members:
