10-19-2006, 02:02 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Dharamshala condemns Nangpa Pass killings </b>
Pioneer News Service | Hamirpur
Even as it remains committed to the ongoing process of the Sino-Tibetan dialogue, the Central Tibetan Administration strongly condemned the shooting incident on September30 at Nangpa La pass, as a brazen violation of human rights, and the subsequent Chinese distortion of facts as outrageous.
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The Kalon for Department of Information and International Relations, Tempa Tsering said here<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'> on Tuesday that though similar incidents had been reported earlier from both sides of the border. However, it is first time that various eye-witnesses have brought such killings to the international attention, as a Romanian TV station and BBC released video footage of the Chinese border patrol firing at a group of 73 people, including women and children while they were crossing into Nepal through the Nangpa La pass. </span>
In such an incident, a Tibetan nun was shot by the Chinese border patrols. She has been identified as Kelsang Nortso, aged 27, from the Nagchu region of Tibet, while the other victim was Kunsang Namgyal, aged 23, who was captured by the border troops, after a bullet hit his leg.
The Kalon said that a British police officer who witnessed the shooting and was called by the Chinese embassy for an interview, described an "intimidating" atmosphere as the security personnel "took over" the camp at Cho Oyu, on the border between Tibet and Nepal.
Every year, many Tibetans still flee into India, mainly through Nepal. They are mostly monks and nuns seeking a religious education that are not possible in Tibet. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pioneer News Service | Hamirpur
Even as it remains committed to the ongoing process of the Sino-Tibetan dialogue, the Central Tibetan Administration strongly condemned the shooting incident on September30 at Nangpa La pass, as a brazen violation of human rights, and the subsequent Chinese distortion of facts as outrageous.
Â
The Kalon for Department of Information and International Relations, Tempa Tsering said here<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'> on Tuesday that though similar incidents had been reported earlier from both sides of the border. However, it is first time that various eye-witnesses have brought such killings to the international attention, as a Romanian TV station and BBC released video footage of the Chinese border patrol firing at a group of 73 people, including women and children while they were crossing into Nepal through the Nangpa La pass. </span>
In such an incident, a Tibetan nun was shot by the Chinese border patrols. She has been identified as Kelsang Nortso, aged 27, from the Nagchu region of Tibet, while the other victim was Kunsang Namgyal, aged 23, who was captured by the border troops, after a bullet hit his leg.
The Kalon said that a British police officer who witnessed the shooting and was called by the Chinese embassy for an interview, described an "intimidating" atmosphere as the security personnel "took over" the camp at Cho Oyu, on the border between Tibet and Nepal.
Every year, many Tibetans still flee into India, mainly through Nepal. They are mostly monks and nuns seeking a religious education that are not possible in Tibet. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->