CHINA: Chinese state television shows clean up in Tibet's capital Lhasa

Record ID: 1961910

  • Title: CHINA: Chinese state television shows clean up in Tibet's capital Lhasa
  • Date: 17th March 2008
  • Summary: (BN05) LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (APRIL 6, 2008) (CCTV SCREENING OF ITN/POOL - NO ACCESS UK/ABC(AUST)/TVNZ/.CO.UK.SITES/NO ACCESS CHINA) POLICE DRAGGING PROTESTER TORCH BEARER RUNNING WITH OLYMPIC FLAME PROTESTERS TRYING TO DISRUPT OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY AND POLICE PROTECTING THE FLAME MAN TRYING TO GRAB OLYMPIC TORCH, GUARDS AND POLICE STOPPING HIM POLICE AND TORCH REL
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  • Location: China
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA8GQRU5KFLD6HUM9S7VWN27NZF
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  • Story Text: Chinese State Television showed 24 arrested suspects on Thursday (March 20) after government troops cracked down on anti-Chinese riots that swept the mountain region, casting a shadow over preparations for the Beijing Olympic Games.
    The prosecutor's office in the local capital Lhasa said the suspects were arrested for "endangering national security as well as beating, smashing, looting, arson and other grave crimes". More arrests are likely to follow, and some outside groups say hundreds of Tibetans may have already been detained.
    China's unyielding response to the unrest has brought demands for a boycott of the Games opening ceremony in August. The Olympic torch relay that starts next week and goes across 19 countries, will also pass through Tibet.
    The event is likely to be dogged by protests.
    The eruption of Tibetan discontent against the Chinese presence brought bloody rioting to Lhasa on Friday (March 14) and ripples of unrest have continued across Tibet and neighbouring areas.
    Beijing launched a sweeping counter-offensive in Tibet and neighbouring provinces that are home to many ethnic Tibetans. Troops have poured into isolated towns on winding mountain roads.
    The anti-Chinese riots and looting in Lhasa on Friday injured 325 people and caused damage of some 28 million U.S. dollars in damage, according to the local media. China has said that 13 innocent people died in the violence, and at least 3 rioters. Exiled Tibetan groups have said that as many as 100 Tibetans died.
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