SECURITY COUNCIL AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADDS NAME

OF ONE INDIVIDUAL TO CONSOLIDATED LIST

 

On 15 April 2009, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the addition of the entry specified below to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

C. Individuals associated with Al-Qaida

QI.H.268.09. Name: 1: ABDUL 2: HAQ 3: na 4: na

Title: na Designation: na DOB: 10 Oct. 1971  POB: Chele County, Khuttan Area, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China  Good quality a.k.a.: a) Maimaitiming Maimaiti b) Abdul Heq c) Abuduhake d) Abdulheq Jundullah e) 'Abd Al-Haq f) Memetiming Memeti g) Memetiming Aximu h) Memetiming Qekeman i) Maiumaitimin Maimaiti j) Abdul Saimaiti k) Muhammad Ahmed Khaliq  Low quality a.k.a.: a) Maimaiti Iman b) Muhelisi c) Qerman d) Saifuding  Nationality: Chinese  Passport no.: na  National identification no.: Chinese national identity card number 653225197110100533  Address: na  Listed on: 15 Apr. 2009  Other information: Location (as at Apr. 2009): Pakistan. Overall leader and commander of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (listed under permanent reference number QE.E.88.02.).  Involved in fundraising and recruitment for this organization.

In accordance with Section 6, paragraph (g) of the Committee’s Guidelines for the Conduct of its Work, the publicly releasable portion of the statement of case detailing the bases for listing of the above-mentioned individual, as provided by the designating State(s), is included herewith (statement of case in italic).

“Abdul Haq, also known as Maimaitirning Maimaiti, is the overall leader and commander of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party, also known as the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement.  The Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee added Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities associated with Al-Qaida or the Taliban on 11 September 2002 (listed as “Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement” under permanent reference number QE.E.88.02.).

As Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party overall leader, Abdul Haq raised funds, recruited terrorists and continued to develop the terrorist organization.  In early January 2008, Abdul Haq directed Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party’s military commander to aggressively attack all central cities in inner China, particularly focusing on the eight cities holding the Olympic Games.  Under Abdul Haq, trained terrorists planned to sabotage the Olympic Games by conducting terrorist attacks within China before the Olympics began.

Since late 2007, Abdul Haq sent terrorists to the Middle East to raise funds and buy explosive materials for terrorist attacks against Chinese targets outside China.  Abdul Hag became the leader of Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party following the death of the organization’s previous leader in October 2003 and has since acted, for or on behalf of the organization.  As of 2005, Haq was also a member of Al-Qaida’s Shura Council.”

The Committee’s List is updated regularly on the basis of relevant information provided by Member States and regional organizations. This is the ninth update of the List in 2009.  An updated List is accessible on the Committee’s website at the following URL:  http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1267/consolist.shtml.

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