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He was assaulted supposedly because he had a copy of the Quran in his house in East Turkistan, according to a post by a Twitter user<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tkwondo_T\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em> @Tkwondo_T<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24853\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190102_131413-739x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190102_131413-739x1024.jpg 739w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190102_131413-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190102_131413-768x1065.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190102_131413-696x965.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190102_131413-1068x1481.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190102_131413-303x420.jpg 303w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190102_131413.jpg 1071w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tweet has now been <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tkwondo_T\/status\/1079821614013972481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deleted<\/a>. Another user Rabia Azhar tweeted this video on January 1, and it has been retweeted over 17000 times already.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is a Chinese officer beating a Muslim Uyghur for having a copy of the Quran in his house! Everyone send this out so the world knows what is happening in East Turkistan. China is killing all Muslims. Please Retweet to expose Chinese terrorism against innocent Muslims <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sFv32fHGfc\">pic.twitter.com\/sFv32fHGfc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rabia Azhar (@RabiaBaluch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RabiaBaluch\/status\/1079867200633221120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It was also shared by\u00a0J Gopikrishnan, who is a special correspondent with The Pioneer, with the words<em> &#8220;Attn: Indian Communists&#8221;<\/em>. His tweet was retweeted over 600 times and has not been deleted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Attn : Indian Communists <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/crrbhD2Nod\">https:\/\/t.co\/crrbhD2Nod<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J Gopikrishnan (@jgopikrishnan70) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jgopikrishnan70\/status\/1080036007850926081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Moreover, the same video has been shared with a slightly different narrative- that the person being thrashed is a Pakistani Muslim, the reason being the same- possession of the Quran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u091a\u0940\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0907\u0938 \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0915\u0940 \u0928\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092e\u092e\u0924\u093e \u0938\u0947 \u092a\u093f\u091f\u093e\u0908 \u0938\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092b\u093c \u0907\u0938\u0932\u093f\u090f \u0939\u094b \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u093f \u0907\u0938\u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938 \u0915\u093c\u0941\u0930\u0906\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u090f\u0915 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0940 \u091c\u094b \u091a\u0940\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f\u092c\u0902\u0927\u093f\u0924 \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u0907\u0938 \u092a\u0930 \u092d\u0940 \u0915\u0941\u091b \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImranKhanPTI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ImranKhanPTI<\/a> \u0915\u094b\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bbabHD7bvM\">pic.twitter.com\/bbabHD7bvM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SD Tiwari (@sdtiwari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sdtiwari\/status\/1080105786171445248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This claim has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=This%20is%20a%20Chinese%20officer%20beating%20a%20Muslim%20Uyghur%20for%20having%20a%20copy%20of%20the%20Quran&amp;epa=SERP_TAB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared widely<\/a> on Facebook as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24940\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"822\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/image-5.png 822w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/image-5-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/image-5-768x343.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/image-5-696x311.png 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>INDONESIA, NOT CHINA<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Many Twitter users responded to the tweet, claiming that the video was not from China but from Indonesia, and that the person who was thrashed was a criminal. He was apparently beaten up by Indonesian army men. They pointed out the words &#8216;Ampun pak&#8217; uttered by the person, which they claimed is Indonesian and meant &#8216;Forgive me&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24878\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Screenshot_20190102-171409_01-1024x812.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Screenshot_20190102-171409_01-1024x812.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Screenshot_20190102-171409_01-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Screenshot_20190102-171409_01-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Screenshot_20190102-171409_01-696x552.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Screenshot_20190102-171409_01-529x420.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Screenshot_20190102-171409_01.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Based on the claims made by users who responded to the tweet, Alt News found that the video is indeed from Indonesia and not from China as claimed by several social media users. In an article by the Indonesian news publication <em><a href=\"http:\/\/jateng.tribunnews.com\/2017\/05\/24\/geram-berkali-kali-copet-tertangkap-apa-yang-dilakukan-anggota-tni-ini-ini-fakta-dan-nasibnya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tribun Jateng<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>published on May 24, 2017, it is mentioned that the incident occurred on May 13, 2017 at the Depok Baru station in West Java province.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the person was a pickpocketer who was thrashed by Indonesian military personnel. The report further stated that action had been taken against the &#8216;officers&#8217;, who were dismissed and returned to their unit. The video had gone viral in May 2017 and had also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BUgw1kEB0kJ\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted on Instagram<\/a>. It is also available on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vTvFpdfpUzA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vTvFpdfpUzA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, an official of the Chinese embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan confirmed via Twitter that the video is not of China, calling it propaganda to <em>&#8220;sabotage relations between China and Muslim countries&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fake news! Not Chinese language!! Not even Chinese police uniform!!! This is sheer propaganda against China, trying to sabotage relations between China &amp; muslim countryies. There\u2019s no \u2018East Turkistan\u2019 in China. Only terrorists &amp; their sympathizers call Xinjiang \u2018East Turkistan\u2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kCMm8zX6CE\">https:\/\/t.co\/kCMm8zX6CE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lijian Zhao \u8d75\u7acb\u575a (@zlj517) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zlj517\/status\/1080753573070340096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In conclusion, the claim that the video is of an Uighur Muslim beaten up by Chinese army personnel for possession of the Quran is false. The video is from Indonesia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a person being beaten up by another person in a military uniform was posted on Twitter with the claim that the person being thrashed is a Uighur Muslim. 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