China acknowledges Tibetan Protest in Lhasa

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Meanwhile China on Tuesday said that it had quashed a protest by Buddhist monks in Lhasa. Some reporters say that dozens were arrested.

“Yesterday afternoon some monks in Lhasa, abetted by a small handful of
people, did some illegal things that challenged social stability,”
foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters. “As for how to deal with these detained Tibetans, they have been dealt
with according to the law.”

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One Responseto “China acknowledges Tibetan Protest in Lhasa”

1. buckaroo banzai says:

   March 11, 2008 at 12:48 pm

   More from the AP:

   http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h5Z6bJwtN_roGSIUQiQnfbf2NkhgD8VBA0RO1

   Monks Staged Bold Protest in Tibet

   By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN – 35 minutes ago

   BEIJING (AP) — Buddhist monks staged two protests in the capital of
   Tibet this week in a bold, public challenge to China’s rule, though a
   senior official said Tuesday that no one was arrested.

   Champa Phuntsok, an ethnic Tibetan who heads the Tibetan regional
   government, said authorities briefly detained monks from Drepung
   monastery outside Lhasa who tried to march to the city on the
   anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Beijing rule in 1959.

   He said they were released shortly afterward after being questioned and
   “counseled.”

   “It’s really nothing,” he told The Associated Press in Beijing, where he
   was attending the annual legislative session. “Everything is really great.”