Succumbing to Chinese pressure, Nepal has arrested three top pro-Dalai Lama Tibetan leaders along with 700 activists from different parts of Kathmandu.
The police raided the residences of Kelsang Chung, director of the Tibetan Reception Centre, Ngawang Sangmi, president of the Regional Tibetan Women's Association, and Tashi Dolma, vice-president of RTWA, and arrested them on Thursday, superintendent of police Sarvendra Khanal said. The cops also arrested around 700 Tibetan exiles staging anti-China demonstrations in different parts of Kathmandu.
"We will release the ordinary Tibetan demonstrators as usual, but we won't release the three Tibetan leaders," Khanal said. "They will be put in to jail for a longer period on charges of provoking anti-China demonstrations," he added, without specifying the time period.
Nepal backs China's policy on Tibet and has vowed not to allow any anti-China
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