Further proof that ’Uygur tribunal’ is the machine churning out lies about Xinjiang

The Global Times: The “witness cost” of the so-called “Uyghur Tribunal“ and the share among the “witnesses” were recently exposed on foreign social media platforms. What is your comment? Zhao Lijian: I have noticed relevant reports, which also show that among the 100,700-pound total expenditure, the biggest share of 43,000 pounds went to an “anonymous witness” with the surname of Wang. The man, claiming to be an ex-police sent to investigate separatist activities in Xinjiang in 2018, has spread a large amount of disinformation on Xinjiang. This man changed his identity in a CNN report and gave himself the surname Jiang. Even CNN admits that it cannot unilaterally verify his statement. At the 57th press conference on Xinjiang-related issues, the spokesperson for the government of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region said the man’s remarks were lies in plain sight. China has stressed many times that the so-called “tribunal” was funded by the “World Uyghur Congress”, a violent, terrorist a