Chinese Shoot Tibetans
Not sure if this is posted elsewhere on this site. I did a quick search and didn't see it. Sorry if this is a repost.
Members of a group of 43 Tibetans have described their terrifying flight to Nepal under deadly fire from Chinese border guards who took several dozen other Tibetans into custody.
Witnesses said at least one person was killed and at least one wounded by gunfire Sept. 30 near
More..the Himalayan pass at Nangpa La in the Mount Everest region. Others set the death toll higher. Another 36 or 37 Tibetans were detained, witnesses told RFA's Tibetan service.
The group, which originally numbered around 80 Tibetans, began their journey out of Chinese-controlled Tibet on Sept. 30-Oct. 1, according to members of the group—41 asylum-seekers and two Tibetan escorts—who arrived in Kathmandu on Oct. 10.
"When the Chinese fired at us, I was so tense and frightened. It is still difficult for me to explain what happened," one man said in an interview after arriving at the Tibetan Reception Center in Kathmandu.
"It was so tense and confusing that I just thought of staying alive and escaping. I couldn't think of anything else or help the others."
"I think the Chinese fired for about 15 minutes. I felt bullets whizzing past my ears. In fact I felt about five bullets pass by me and luckily they missed me. I was so frightened that I crawled in the snow using my hands and feet. The snow was about knee-deep," he said.
The man, who asked not to be named, said the group initially thought the gunshots were fireworks, because there were many Western visitors who had come to climb the mountains in the area.
"I thought they were playing with fireworks. But then we realized it was gunshots and about 30 to 40 rounds were fired. In the confusion, we split into two groups. Those of us who were in the front managed to escape and the later group of about 30 or more Tibetans could not escape," he said.
Another Tibetan, who hid in the mountains for two nights before crossing into Nepal, said: "I saw a small child...There was another young boy who was shot in the foot and an old man. They were detained in the area until late afternoon and then the Chinese police took them away."
"Those who escaped later saw the body of the nun who was killed. She was Kalsang Namtso, 17 years old from Ngachu Dri-ru (in Chinese, Biru Xian) county. They gave a local yak herder 100 yuan and asked him to take body away but we heard that he didn't do it. So we don't know what happened later," the second man said.
A Western climber who witnessed the incident told RFA's Tibetan service that two others in his group had been contacted by the Chinese Embassy in Nepal and asked to attend a meeting there.
"They have since left Nepal and gone home" without visiting the Chinese Embassy, the climber said. Less..
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This is old been on here numerous times
Posted Nov-13-2007 by "ubdumb" (R)
Dunno if this is a repost either, but it did happen more than 6months ago...
This is yet another situation where we back an aggressor for business interests and political influence vs backing the oppressed and taking the moral high ground. We need to be consistent in being the champion of the oppressed instead of doing it only when it's in our best interests...maybe we'll get a little more credibility and respect in the worlds eye.
Posted Nov-13-2007 by "oscrogo" (R)
This is yet another situation where we back an aggressor for business interests and political influence vs backing the oppressed and taking the moral high ground. We need to be consistent in being the champion of the oppressed instead of doing it only when it's in our best interests...maybe we'll get a little more credibility and respect in the worlds eye.
Yup, conservatives just wont learn.
Posted Nov-13-2007 by "N1SM0" (B)
China sponsors Hilary
Posted Nov-13-2007 by "rackemup" (R)
China = Scumbags
Posted Nov-13-2007 by "BLACKWIRE" (R)
yep its a repost, but i dont care i sould be kept under the attention
Posted Nov-13-2007 by "Tinripp" (R)
trying to say something profound? keep practicing, but i have a feeling you cant make a clear point about anything.
Posted Nov-13-2007 by "shed77" (B)
Screw that place, it looks cold and hostile...
Posted Nov-13-2007 by "T_Bone69" (R)
trying to say something profound? keep practicing, but i have a feeling you cant make a clear point about anything.
I think he did make a point. You're just blind and bias. What kind of person would accept help from a country that would allow these murders and cover them up with lies?
Posted Nov-13-2007 by "p3ps1c0la" (R)
trying to say something profound? keep practicing, but i have a feeling you cant make a clear point about anything.
I think he did make a point. You're just blind and bias. What kind of person would accept help from a country that would allow these murders and cover them up with lies?
Well...pretty much anyone who runs for a seat of importance in the US gov gets money from China. Republican, Democrat, it don't matter..
Posted Nov-13-2007 by "oscrogo" (R)
Chinese food is shite!
Posted Nov-21-2007 by "bertvan" (R)
ohh those wacky chinese are at it again.....
Posted Mar-23-2009 by "unclesmitty" (R)