He was formally charged on November 10, 1998, tried on March 10, 1999 in the Urumqi Municipal Intermediate People &apos; s Court and later convicted and sentenced to 11 years imprisonment on appeal to Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Higher People &apos; s Court for &quot; inciting splittism &quot; and &quot; illegally procuring state secrets &quot; on February 15, 2000.
He was formally charged on November 10, 1998, tried on March 10, 1999 in the Urumqi Municipal Intermediate People &apos; s Court and later convicted and sentenced to 11 years imprisonment on appeal to Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Higher People &apos; s Court for &quot; inciting splittism &quot; and &quot; illegally procuring state secrets &quot; on February 15, 2000.