Keriye

Authorities at the Yutian (Keriye) County Agricultural Bureau, Hoten district, called for each work unit to strengthen "management" of bureau staff and retired workers and to guarantee they "don't believe in religion, attend religious activities, or fast," according to an August 3 report on the Agricultural Bureau's Web site.

2011, “Xinjiang Authorities Implement Ramadan Curbs Amid Renewed Pledges for Tight Controls Over Religion”, in Congressional-Executive Commission on China

On Feb. 16, authorities in nearby Keriye (Yutian) county announced a move to add 254 additional auxiliary members to its police force, with 204 jobs reserved for ethnic Uyghurs and 50 spaces held for Han Chinese, local media reports said. Speaking to RFA, a police officer in Keriye’s Kokyar township confirmed the recruitment drive was under way. “More than 200 [auxiliary] policemen will be recruited soon to patrol the roads, streets, and neighborhoods day and night,” RFA’s source said. “They will also be stationed at various checkpoints to check people coming into the township and other townships in the county.”

2017, Richard Finney, reporter Eset Sulaiman, “Xinjiang Police Launch Recruitment Drive Following Uyghur Knife Attack”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia