《纽约时报》讲Ayup在新疆做维吾尔语教育，被控非法集资失联。梅维恒在一个突厥语群里转发此文。著名突厥史家Peter Golden回复：I read the story…a sad tale. Raising funds for education is hardly criminal. What is criminal is the policy that would turn Uyghur into an endangered language.
