Nepal's Maoist-dominated government turns hostile to Tibetan refugees

Seven Tibetans arrested in Nepal for illegal entry
November 17, 2011

November 17: As the Kalachakra initiations by His Holiness the Dalai Lama draws nearer, Nepali police on Monday night arrested seven Tibetans for illegally crossing the Tibet-Nepal border. According to reports, the Tibetans aged between 20 and 43, were arrested from Dadafaya Village en route to the Tibetan exile base of Dharamshala in northern India. Chief District Officer Bed Prasad Kharel told reporters that the group of Tibetans has been sent to the Department of Immigration in the nation’s capital for further action.

“They (Tibetans) said that they wanted to meet Dalai Lama,” the Chief District Officer was quoted by local reporters as saying. Nepali police had arrested five Tibetans last week from the Simikot Airport at the Nepal-Tibet border for illegal entry while two Tibetans were arrested from the capital, following the self-immolation by a Tibetan monk in Kathmandu.

The arrests come close on the heels of a high-ranking home ministry official in Nepal claiming that the government will employ stringent measures against Tibetan refugees. Talking to reporters, Sudhir Kumar Sah, spokesperson for Nepal’s Home Ministry had said that the government might “slash all the facilities being granted to the Tibetans residing in Nepal” including their freedom of movement.

The up coming 32nd Kalachakra to be held at Bodh Gaya, scheduled from December 31, 2011 to January 10, 2012, is expected to draw 200,000 devotees from different countries including Nepal and Tibet. However, Tibetan refugees in Nepal, numbering over 20,000, are under the fear of facing greater difficulties and restriction with the scheduled visit of Chinese Premiere Wen Jiabao on December 20.



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