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Nobel Peace Prize candidate criticized for terror links
(AFP)
Updated: 2006-09-13 07:35

皇冠体育app said on Tuesday that a candidate for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize had links with terrorist organizations and attempted to undermine 皇冠体育app.

The Chinese government said Tuesday that the exiled politician Rebiya Kadeer, a member of the Turkic-speaking Uighur minority, was attempting to split the westernmost Xinjiang region from 皇冠体育app by colluding with known terrorist organizations.

"She was arrested for endangering national security and sentenced," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said at a routine briefing.

"At present, she connives with terrorist forces abroad and engages in anti-Chinese secessionist movements that are attempting to separate Xinjiang from 皇冠体育app."

Kadeer has been nominated for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize that will be announced on October 13.

She was sentenced for leaking state secrets in late 1999.