China orders crackdown on Tibetan 'separatist' activities
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Kolkata News.Net
Tuesday 31st January, 2012
Qi Zhala, Lhasa’s Communist Party chief, has also ordered a crackdown on “separatist” activities that he has linked to Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who stays in India.
Qi’s comments come days after protesters clashed with security forces in parts of Sichuan province last week. At least three people were killed and dozens more injured. The government says only two people have died.
Sichuan province borders Tibet and many of its areas have large ethnic Tibetan communities.
“We must strike hard at all the separatist, destructive and criminal activities of the Dalai clique and make efforts to realise our goal of not letting any incident, big or small, occur,” he said in a speech published on the Lhasa government website.
“Lhasa officials and functionaries at all levels, especially the police, must increase… efforts to rationally dispatch police forces and step up registration and inspection work along national roads, at key monasteries and among leading suspects.”
“From today onwards, the maintenance of stability in Lhasa will be an arduous task,” Qi said.
According to BBC’s Martin Patience, the comments highlight China’s growing concern over the unrest in the area.
Tibetan areas of Sichuan are said to be extremely tense. At least 16 Tibetans, mostly monks, have set themselves on fire in apparent protest against Beijing’s rule since March 2011.
Qi’s comments come ahead of next month’s Tibetan New Year, as well as the March anniversary of a 1959 failed uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet, which prompted the escape of the Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in1989, says he is only seeking greater autonomy for Tibetan-inhabited regions of China.
Tibetan rights groups claim the number of Tibetans shot dead is higher than the Chinese government’s count. They also say the protests are a sign of rising frustration among Tibetans because of growing religious repression and harsh security measures adopted by China.
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