Inner Mongolia incident

Inner Mongolia Incident
Part of Cultural Revolution in China
The establishment of the revolutionary committee in Inner Mongolia (1967)
Native name内人党事件
LocationInner Mongolia, China
Date1967
1967 – 1969
TargetEthnic Mongols, alleged former members of the Inner Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (PRP), "separatists" and Enemies of the Chinese Communist Party
Deaths16,222-100,000
Injured81,000
Victims1,000,000+ (accused or persecuted)
PerpetratorsChinese Communist Party, People's Liberation Army, Teng Haiqing
MotiveCultural Revolution instigated by Mao Zedong, elimination of political enemies, persecution of ethnic minorities, prevention of political independence
Inner Mongolia incident
Simplified Chinese内人党事件
Traditional Chinese內人黨事件
Inner Mongolia People's Revolution Party purge incident
Simplified Chinese内蒙古人民革命党肃清事件
Traditional Chinese內蒙古人民革命黨肅清事件

The Inner Mongolia incident, or the Inner Mongolia People's Revolutionary Party purge incident (Chinese: 内人党事件; pinyin: Nèi rén dǎng shìjiàn), was a massive political purge which occurred during the Cultural Revolution in Inner Mongolia.[1][2] The purge was supported by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and was led by Teng Haiqing, a lieutenant general (zhong jiang) of the People's Liberation Army.[2][3] It took place from 1967 to 1969 during which over a million people were categorized as members of the already-dissolved Inner Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (PRP), while lynching and direct massacre resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands, most of whom were Mongols.[1][2][4][5][6][7][8]

According to the official complaint from the Supreme People's Procuratorate in 1980 after the Cultural Revolution, during the purge, 346,000 people were arrested, 16,222 people were persecuted to death or killed directly, and over 81,000 were permanently injured and disabled.[1][4][5][8][9][10] Other estimates have put a death toll between 20,000 and 100,000, while hundreds of thousands were arrested and persecuted, and over a million people were affected.[2][4][5][7][8][9][11][12]

After the Cultural Revolution, the purge was regarded as a "mistake" and its victims were rehabilitated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the "Boluan Fanzheng" period, but the commander of the purge, Teng Haiqing, received no trial or legal punishment at all because the Central Committee of CCP thought he had made achievements during the wars in the past.[1][2][5][13][14] On the other hand, some of Teng's affiliates received various terms of imprisonment, with a main Mongol affiliate sentenced to 15 years in prison.[8]

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  8. ^ a b c d Ba, Yantai. 挖肃灾难实录 (PDF) (in Chinese). Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center.
  9. ^ a b Yang, Jishen (4 July 2017). 天地翻覆: 中国文化大革命历史 (in Chinese). 天地图书.
  10. ^ "Inner Mongolia in 'War-Like State'". Radio Free Asia. 5 June 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  11. ^ "China Holds Ethnic Mongolian Historian Who Wrote 'Genocide' Book". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
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  13. ^ Qi, Zhi (26 November 2019). 中华学人论文集——文化大革命50年(1–4): 文献与综述(一) (in Chinese). Remembering Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-951135-05-8.
  14. ^ 《乌兰巴干案卷》内蒙政法委会议记录, May 1987 (in Chinese)

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