A security official of the Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region told Radio Free Asia's Uyghur Service that the government is offering a cash bounty of up to 5 million yuan (U.S. $774,000) for tips about suspicious activity linked to terrorism or religious extremism. The amount of money they receive depends on the quality of information they give. A Uyghur police officer based in the Hoten  (in Chinese Hetian) Prefecture told RFA “The reward amount depends on value of information. We report the information they provide to us to the local public security department, which evaluates the value of the information.” The reward program took effect on April 11, 2016.