Luo, a student of Ilham Tohti, was arrested for his involvement with Tohti’s website Uyghurbiz, which aimed to promote understanding between Uyghurs and Han Chinese. In 2014, he made a most likely forced televised confession from prison to state-run media where he stated that he worked for the website. He was subsequently sentenced in secret trial and has been held incommunicado since 2018. His whereabouts are currently unknown.