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Dalai urges suicides: Tibetan self-immolations applauded by Dalai Lama
Global Times | March 03, 2012
A series of self-immolations committed by Tibetan monks was applauded by the Dalai Lama, a spokesperson for China's top political advisory body claimed on Friday, calling for people not to take extreme actions under the incitement of others.
Zhao Qizheng, a spokesperson for the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), made the remarks at a press conference before the opening of this year's annual session of the CPPCC.
A string of self-immolations broke out in Tibetan-inhabited areas in the provinces of Sichuan and Qinghai, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region, in recent months.
And at least two mob attacks on local police offices were reported in the Tibetan areas in Sichuan Province in late January, leaving at least two people dead and more than a dozen injured.
Expressing his grief, Zhao said most of the monks who set fire to themselves were very young, with the youngest one aged 18.
"Before those unfortunate incidents took place, there were people who published the time and places in advance. Some people brought video cameras to film the incidents, and some of them even tried to prevent the rescue efforts," Zhao said.
Zhao called the Dalai Lama a "double-dealer," although Western media have quoted him as attempting to dissuade monks from their plans for suicide.
"According to what I have heard, he publicly applauded the courage of these people who set fire to themselves," Zhao added.
Zhao said committing suicide, which shows disrespect for life, is not a wise thing to do. He asked relevant people not to take extreme actions to express their attitudes.
"It is important to avoid being misled," Zhao said. "If you lose your life because of extreme actions, it will be too late to regret it."
Hu Shisheng, an analyst with the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, told the Global Times that those tragic incidents were plotted by separatists both in and outside the country to stir up sensations.
"The government was at a passive position at the very beginning, given that the plotters arranged these self-immolations beforehand," Hu said.
"By releasing information on such cases and preventing such tragedies from happening through precautionary measures, Beijing is gradually seizing the initiative."
Jia Qinglin, chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, told a meeting on Thursday that the "Dalai Lama clique" has been attempting to create disturbances in Tibet and the other four Tibetan-inhabited provinces, namely Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai and Yunnan.
He asked Party committees and governments at all levels to smash the conspiracies of the "Dalai Lama clique" and maintain social harmony and stability.
Exiled Tibetan "Prime Minister" Lobsang Sangay last week called for cancellation of celebrations for the Tibetan new year, asking Tibetans to observe traditional and spiritual rituals for monks who had immolated themselves.
Chen Quanguo, secretary of the Communist Party of China committee of Tibet, asked local officials to carry out prevention and control measures in full force, and fully implement measures for the management of new media, including mobile phones and the Internet, to maintain stability, the official Tibet Daily reported Wednesday.
Local officials are also not allowed to take leave in the coming days, according to the paper.
Authorities in Tibet have recently taken steps to improve the living conditions and environment for local monks to practice Tibetan Buddhism, according to reports.
Efforts have also been made to provide roads, water, electricity and cultural services for them, Zhao said, adding that these measures have been welcomed by local people.
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