Among the destroyed cemeteries is Sultanim Cemetery (37°07′02″N 79°56′04″E﻿ / ﻿37.11722°N 79.93444°E﻿ / 37.11722; 79.93444), the central Uyghur historical graveyard with generations of burials, and the most sacred shrine in Hotan city, which was demolished and converted into a parking lot between 2018 and 2019.[109][110][111][112][113] CGTN, a Chinese state-owned international channel affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party, claimed that the graves were relocated.[114]