The documents include previously unpublished speeches by Xi, as well as directives and reports on the surveillance and control of the Uighur population, the newspaper said on Saturday. The documents were leaked by an unnamed member of the Chinese political establishment who expressed hope that the disclosure would prevent the leadership, including Xi, from “escaping culpability for the mass detentions,” the Times said. The internment camps expanded rapidly following the appointment in 2016 of a new CCP chief in Xinjiang, Chen Quanguo (陳全國). The trove of leaked documents included a guide to answering questions from students who had returned home to Xinjiang to find their families missing or detained in camps. However, rights groups and foreign media have reported that official documents and satellite images show the facilities are equipped and run like prisons.

Source: Taipei Times November 17, 2019 15:56 UTC