Chinese authorities are going all out in shoring up security in the insurgency prone Xinjiang province as it issues latest order to mandatorily install 'satellite navigation system' in all the cars travelling across Bayingol prefecture.   

As per the order, starting from this Monday all car owners in Bayingol prefecture will have to install 'Beidou Navigation Satellite System,' which is China's indigenous satellite navigation system, very similar to the GPS system.  

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"Cars are the major means of transportation for terrorists, and also a frequently chosen tool to conduct terrorist attacks. So it's necessary to use the Beidou system in all vehicles," Bayingol traffic police said on its official Weibo account.     

A employee working with Bayingol traffic police told The Global Times that that the satellite navigation system would help to track the cars "wherever they go" and It also "helps car owners to find their cars quickly if it's been stolen by terrorists."   

The last date for car owners to install Beidou Navigation System is June 30 and all those who don't they will not be allowed to buy petrol at service stations and nor will they be allowed to resell their car in the second-hand market.

Although Bayingol region has comparatively witnessed less violence than Hotan and Kashgar towns, it is still an important region from security perspective. This is especially because it is the largest prefecture-level division in China. However, It is still not clear whether this latest order will be implemented in the Hotan and Kashgar towns.

Last week, the Chinese security forces held a massive anti-terrorism rally in the provincial capital city of Urumqi, with scores of gun totting Chinese soldiers and policemen strolling through the streets as they were accompanied by armoured vehicles.

The rally was carried out in the wake of recent surge in violence in Xinjiang province after 10 people were left dead and scores of people injured in recent the spate of terrorist attacks. Xinjiang province is China's Muslim-dominated province, where Muslim Uygur community is waging a low-intensity insurgency against China.    

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