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SMHRIC |
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June
4, 2008 |
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New York |
 Ignoring
the independent country of Mongolia’s constitutional rights for its citizens and
in violation of international law, China has willfully insisted
that Mr. Jaranbayariin Soyolt, a Southern (Inner) Mongolian
dissident in exile and a citizen of Mongolia, is a citizen of
the People’s Republic of China despite the fact he has already
abandoned his Chinese citizenship as early as in 1997 when he
became a citizen of Mongolia under the Naturalization Act of
Mongolia. Mr. Jaranbayariin Soyolt was arrested at the Beijing
Capital International Airport on January 6, 2008 by the Chinese
authorities for alleged activities of separatism. Currently, he
is still being held in China without any trial. His whereabouts
and health conditions are unknown. For more about the case,
please visit our website at:
http://www.smhric.org/news_195.htm
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Recently,
the Government of Mongolia disclosed China’s official response
to its repeated requests on the case of Jaranbayariin Soyolt.
The following is a translation of the response by the Embassy of
China to Mongolia:
Embassy of
the People’s Republic of China
No.48/2008
To the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia:
The
Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to Mongolia, here,
gives its greetings to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Mongolia and makes the following response to the Ministry
regarding its notes K/08-304 dated March 4th and
K/08-396 dated March 20th:
J.Soyolt (Jaranbayar
Soyolt), a citizen of China, visited Mongolia with a Chinese
passport in 1991 and has not returned. He has been actively
involved in activities threatening the national interest and
state security of China both within and without the borders of
China. On January 6, 2008, the said individual was investigated
in accordance with law by the Chinese law enforcement
authorities upon his entry to China in Beijing. J.Soyolt has
candidly confessed about the illegal activities he has been
engaged in. Currently, our law enforcement authorities have
already taken necessary measures to monitor him at his
residence. J.Soyolt, currently, is in a good health condition.
With
highest respect,
Seal of the Embassy of China to Mongolia
April 10, 2008 |
Changing
Inner Mongolia: Pastoral Mongolian Society and the Chinese State (Oxford
Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
