http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-4-13/69108.htmlApril 5, 2008
The Beijing regime's bloody suppression of Tibetan monks and ordinary citizens' demonstrations at Donggu district, Ganzi Tibetan Prefecture in Sichuan Province was reported by many international media and received attention from the international community. The report from China's state-controlled news agency admitted open fire, however claimed that one "Han" official was injured which forced the armed police to open fire.
Arrest warrant No. 14 issued by Tibet Regional Public Security Department was broadcast in both the Tibetan and Chinese languages on Tibet TV's Entertainment Channel station as well as Lhasa's TV station. Five people, all male were wanted. As of now, 84 Tibetan people are wanted.
April 6, 2008
April 5, a grand annual Fa conference was held at Lique Temple, in Daofu county, Ganzi Tibetan Prefecture in Sichuan Province. However, because the armed police stopped the on-going conference, over one thousand monks and ordinary citizens, including students and some officials with masks held a peaceful demonstration to protest. They also chanted, "Long live the Dalai Lama!" "Free Tibet," "We need freedom," "Let Dalai Lama return home." Consequently, armed police suppressed the demonstrators by open fires. A total of 10 people were shot, of whom five were severely injured. A few people were reported missing. At present, phone connections are not available at the local region as well as some regions in Ganzi and Luhuo counties.
At noon of April 6, Dalai Lama issued a Letter to fellow Tibetans in Dharamsala, India. The content is not covered here.
Arrest warrants No.15 and 16 issued by the Tibet Regional Public Security Department were broadcast in both the Tibetan and Chinese languages on Tibet TV's Entertainment Channel station as well as Lhasa's TV station. Four people, all male were wanted in warrant No. 15, three of them monks. Five people, all male were wanted in warrant No. 16, four of them monks. One of the wanted monks looks very old. They are all related to the demonstration at Xiaozhao Temple on March 14. The pictures were taken by cell phones. As of now, total of 93 Tibetans are under arrest warrants.
April 7, 2008
Arrest warrant No. 17 issued by the Tibet Regional Public Security Department was broadcast in both Tibetan and Chinese languages on Tibet TV's Entertainment Channel station as well as Lhasa's TV station. Six people, five male and one female were wanted. As of now, a total of 99 Tibetans are under arrest warrants.
What needs to be added is that at the end of the March, the demonstration by monks and ordinary citizens at Ganzi Tibetan Prefecture in Sichuan Province, Luhuo counties was suppressed by the regime. Among 120 nuns from Erge Nizhong Temple who were arrested, although 17 of them have been released, have all been beaten black and blue all over the bodies. Although the Kanbu Luosong Wangqing from Jueri Temple was released, because of brutal beating, her severe health condition is deteriorating rapidly.
Arrest warrant No. 18 issued by the Tibet Regional Public Security Department was broadcast in both Tibetan and Chinese languages on Tibet TV's Entertainment Channel station as well as Lhasa's TV station. Six people were wanted, all male. As of now, a total of 105 Tibetans have been under the warrant.
April 1
In the Shiqu County of Ganzi, the authorities launched a "patriotism education" movement in a Buddhist temple, forcing the monks to criticize and condemn the Dalai Lama. Seven monks and one farmer who protested the "education" were arrested. They are: Priests Lobsang Thondup, Depa, Sopa, Thubten Tsering, Palde, Sonam Nyima, Wodor and a farmer called Garye.
April 2
In Daofu County of Ganzi, over 200 Buddhist nuns held a ceremony in Xianshui Town to commemorate Tibetans who were killed during the earlier crackdown. The ceremony was interrupted by the Chinese army and police who tried to stop it, but the police were not able to open fire as hundreds of Tibetans and students showed up to support the ceremony.
On April 2, in the Batang County of Ganzi, the authorities also forced the "patriotism education" on monks of a temple, but all the monks refused to condemn the Dalai Lama. A clash then broke out and the authorities arrested five monks.
On April 4, in the Donggu area of Ganzi County of Ganzi, police cracked down on protesting Tibetans, shooting to death more than eight of them. When police and government staff searched the temple, they threw pictures of the Dalai Lama and the temple's Abbot Shabdrung on the ground and trampled them. Besides the already reported Thubten Sangdan, a 27-year-old monk, 30-year-old villager Phurbu Delha, villager Chodron Laktse (female) and villager Tendrel (female), two others have been reported to be killed: a young boy called Tsering Thondup and a girl called Khasang Chodron. Two previously unidentified victims have been proven to be Tsring Yangyi (female, 23) and monk Lobsang Rigchung. Some other people have also been shot to death, but only a few of them are identified. They are Tsewang Rigzin (38), abbot of the Donggu Temple, villager Suolang Tsring and villager Tzering Lhamo (female). On April 5, when the police searched the Donggu Temple, they destroyed many precious cultural treasures such as Buddha statues and Thangka religious scrolls unique to Tibet. Donggu Temple used to have the most well preserved cultural relics in the entire Ganzi region. During the "democratic reform" and the "Cultural Revolution" forced by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), local people risked their lives to protect the Buddha statues and Thangka scrolls. Now, however, these treasures are in danger because of the CCP. It feels like the "Cultural Revolution" again. The authorities also gathered all local people, Tibetans and Hans alike, and warned them not to reveal the violent crackdown to the outside world or international media. They ordered people to stick to the "official" stories announced by the state-controlled news agency, the communist regime's mouthpiece. Officials threatened that those who dare to do otherwise will be punished as criminals.
Furthermore, in Amdo, Hainan County of Qinghai Province, over 100 students of the Qinghai Junior Teachers College held a peaceful demonstration on campus to protest the authorities' killing protesting Tibetans. They urged the authorities to release all Tibetans who were arrested for protesting. A large number of police were immediately sent to suppress the demonstration, and have tightly blockaded the area.
Recently, the authorities arrested five protesting Tibetans in Rongan Township, Ngawa (Aba) County of Amdo Province. Their whereabouts and status are unknown.
It has been reported that police in Ganluo and Guoluo areas of Amdo have ordered every arrested Tibetan to pay a fine of 20,000 Yuan (US$ 2,857). It is a very heavy burden for already poverty-stricken Tibetans.
April 8
No wanted circular has been issued today.
It is reported that all units, enterprises and residential committees have sent out registration forms to every individual as well as every family in Lhasa to register the residents, and it is estimated that a house-to-house searching action will begin soon. All the big temples in Lhasa are still surrounded; they are neither open to the public nor are their monks allowed to contact the outside world. A large amount of local military and police are still checking and guarding the areas around Ramoche Temple, like Gamagongsang and Barkhor and the security is extremely tight at Ramoche Temple area, with Tibetan stores nearby not allowed to open for business yet. Many units have become temporary army bases with soldiers and army vehicles stationed in the yard. The arresting actions are continuing, including the arrest of some Tibetan middle school students who attended the activity on March 14. Policemen even went to schools to arrest students with their pictures in hand. If the students' parents have jobs, they are suspended from their duties.
There might not be having enough police manpower at Gannan (Gannan area in Gansu Province), so students of the Public Security School of Guansu Institute of Political Science and Law have been sent to Ganan to work together with the military and police, and those students can be credited for three courses and offered an additional allowance. It was revealed by the teachers who sent the students there the police station is packed with Tibetans.
No other information from other Tibetan areas so far.
April 9, 2008
Yesterday, the second group of foreign media reporter (including 11 foreign reporters based in China) organized by the Chinese regime arrived at Lanzhou City and they went to visit Anduo Tibetan area in Gansu Province with some reporters from Hong Kong and Taiwan. When they were visiting Laburang lamasery located in Xiahe County of Ganan Tibetan Prefecture (one of the six largest lamaseries of the yellow hat sect), over 20 monks ran out of the temple with Tibetan flags and complained to the reporters, "We want the Dalai Lama to be back in Tibet; we are not requesting Tibet to be independent, we only want human rights; there are no human rights here". They also told the reporters that there are still many monks from their temple who have been detained, and plainclothes police are everywhere in Xiahe County to monitor everyone. In a short period of time, there were over 40 monks who complained to the reporters. On March 27, monks from Jokhang Temple in Lhasa cried out to the first group of foreign reporters, begging them to reveal the truth by risking their lives. This was the second time that the monks showed their protest to foreign media in public.
On March 6, outside a temple located at Kang (Yushu County in Qinghai Province of Tibetan Prefecture), over 100 Tibetans shouted out "Free Tibet" and "Let the Dalai Lama Back Home." Outside the temple when there were Buddhist activities inside the temple, and those protesters were soon cracked down by large amount of armed police and several people were arrested. Those inside said that Tibetans' protest activities are happening all the time since the Lhasa incident but the armed police cracked down on all of them. The local authority never reveals how many people have been arrested or wounded.
In today's press conference, the Tibetan Regional Government chairman Xiangba Puncog responded to the question about the situation of the group of monks in the Jokhang Monastery, who abruptly cried out to foreign journalists. "After the journalists left, diplomats from a dozen of countries visited. I introduced them to what's going on. They wanted to see these monks in the Jokhang Monastery. I agreed and promised them that they could not go there but not until the next day because it was not in the schedule. So they did go there and I said to them they could meet all 30 monks, but it was so early that the temple was not yet supposed to open. Also, the monks were still in bed, so none of them came even though they were asked several times. I said to the diplomats that it's not a big deal. You can still meet them on your next visit. We will not charge them and persecute them because they have said something to the reporters, because our country is a law-abiding country. Of course, if they were found to have committed crimes, that would be another issue. I think, those of you who are sitting here may still be able to see them if you go to Tibet. There is absolutely no punishment or arrest. If you ask where they are now, they are still in Jokhang Monastery. If they have not broken the law, they will not be there for long."
These words aggravate these monks, as the statement that monks were still in bed seems very suspicious to them. Xiangba Puncog said that a total of 953 Tibetans were arrested, but 328 were released. Among the 93 wanted who were accused of taking part in the violence, 13 were captured and 9 gave themselves up. Among all those arrested, 362 gave themselves up. On the other hand, 99 instead of 93 Tibetans are wanted, according to the No. 17 warrant, as of April 7, as broadcast by Tibetan Literary Television and Lhasa Television.
It is said that organizations in Lhasa, including official organizations, business entities, schools and neighborhood committees, were requested to denounce the "3.14" incident and expose "The Dalai Separation Clique." It has been particularly emphasized to ethnic Tibetan officials and government employees that it is their "duty" to criticize "Dalai Clique atrocities." In the past, a similar requirement was only imposed upon temples, but this time it has been extended to all the corners of the society, including even seven or eight year-olds as well as teenagers.
The one-sided propaganda that appears in Chinese official media has created hatred among Chinese toward Tibetans. The Chinese website has been filled with articles condemning Tibetans and the Dalai Lama. Fabricated articles by faked witnesses have been incessantly published to cover the protests in Lhasa, Aba and other Tibetan areas. It is said that, in Beijing and Shanghai, hotels refuse to let Tibetans book rooms and check in even on business trips.
Warrant No.18 was issued by the Tibet Public Safety Department and broadcast in both Tibetan and Chinese on Tibetan Entertainment Television and Lhasa Television. All six wanted are male, which brings up a total of 105 Tibetans under arrest warrants to date.
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