The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has reported today, on Nov. 22, 2012, China punishes protest self-immolations, cuts off aid to Tibetans. The
Chinese authorities in Malho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai
Province have announced they have cancelled government aid to families
of self-immolators as well as development projects in villages where
Tibetans had carried out protest self-immolations.
In an official notification which was issued on Nov. 14, 2012, by the
Malho Prefectural office and Malho People’s government, local Party and
government officials have been given strict orders to punish
self-immolators and their families, and even those who had offered
condolences and prayers to the bereaved family members and relatives. A
source has told TCHRD that the notification, which was issued both in
Tibetan and Chinese, was shown on Malho Prefectural TV channel. The
first point in this notification clearly states that government aid to
the family members of a person who had self-immolated will be cut off
for three years. Nobody is allowed to arrange for the resumption of
government aid to such families.
Furthermore, development funds will be cancelled to those villages where
self-immolations have taken place. Even projects in these villages that
had been approved earlier will be cancelled within three years. And, as
is usual with the Chinese government, the so-called “Dalai clique”, has
been held responsible for the extensive instability in the region. The
Chinese government has stated, “The Dalai clique, wearing religious
robes, use self-immolations to create instability.” The Chinese
government has also said the “Dalai clique” has also been responsible
for inciting schoolchildren to create disturbances and instability.
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