Meng Jianzhu (C), state councilor and public security minister, talks with a person injured in the riot in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in northwest China, July 8, 2009. Special police officers from across the country were sent to Urumqi to assist local police forces in maintaining public security, Meng said. [Xinhua]

Meng Jianzhu (R), state councilor and public security minister, visits police involved in maintaining the order after the riot in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in northwest China, July 8, 2009. Special police officers from across the country were sent to Urumqi to assist local police forces in maintaining public security, Meng said.[Xinhua]