NPC, CPPCC Annual
Sessions 2009
BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- China has tightened its
border control in Tibet ahead of the annual "two sessions" and expected sabotage
activities by the Dalai Lama clique, a senior police officer said here Monday.
"We have made due deployment and tightened controls
at border ports, and key areas and passages along the border in Tibet," Fu
Hongyu, Political Commissar of the Ministry of Public Security Border Control
Department.
"We will firmly crackdown on criminal activities in
Tibet's border area that pose a threat to China's sovereignty and government,"
said Fu, a deputy to the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC),
China's legislative body.
"We will go all out to maintain the security and
stability of border and coastal areas," said Fu, on the sidelines of the NPC
session.
Tibet will mark the 50th anniversary of the
abolishment of slavery and the theocratic regime of the Dalai Lama on March 28.
A riot instigated by the Dalai clique broke out in the same month last year.
Legqog, chairman of the Standing Committee of the
Tibet Autonomous Region People's Congress, said Sunday the Dalai clique has
increased its secessionist and sabotage activities in Tibet this year.
"They made attempts to make trouble through collusion
with those inside or even sending in their people," he said.
Tibet, a plateau region in China, has a lengthy
border with Myanmar, India, Bhutan and Nepal.
Tibet remains stable despite repeated
secessionist attempts
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- A senior Tibetan
official said here Sunday that the Tibet Autonomous Region remains stable and
some foreign media's reports about increasing tension in Tibet are not true.
Legqog, chairman of the Standing Committee of the
Tibetan Autonomous Regional People's Congress, confirmed that armed police have
enhanced their service in some parts of Tibet but stressed that they are
temporary security measures. Full story
Tibet official: March Lhasa riots
won't repeat
BEIJING, March 6
(Xinhua) -- A senior Tibet official said here Friday that the violent riots,
which resulted in the death of at least 18 civilians in Lhasa last March, won't
repeat.
Although the riots have caused tremendous damage to the
social and economic development and people's life in Tibet, it did not change
the fundamentals of the steady development in Tibet," Qiangba Puncog, chairman
of the Tibet Autonomous Region government, said. Full story
Dalai Lama group's sabotage biggest
obstacle to Tibet's development
BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Sabotage from the Dalai Lama
group remains the biggest obstacle in the way of Tibet's development, Lhasa
Mayor Doje Cezhug said Friday.
Doje made the remarks at a panel discussion of lawmakers
from Tibet. Full story
