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Tibet protest sparked by row over flag: exiles
AFP - Monday, March 23
DHARAMSHALA, India (AFP) - - A protest in northwest China at the weekend came after a monk was arrested for pulling down a Chinese flag and replacing it with a Tibetan one, the Tibetan government-in-exile said Monday.
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More than 90 monks were held by authorities after what Chinese state media reported was a riot in which a mob attacked a police station in Rabgya, a town in the mountains of Qinghai province.
It was the first reported case of major unrest in Tibetan-populated areas this year and came less than two weeks after the 50th anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule in the Himalayan region.
The Tibetan government-in-exile insisted the protest was peaceful, denying the reports of monks attacking the police station in the northwest province.
Thubten Samphel, spokesman for the administration based in northern India, said the demonstration was triggered by the Chinese treatment of the Tibetan population.
"Describing the incident as an attack is not accurate as it has been used by the Chinese authorities," Samphel said.
"The Tibetan protests in front of the police station came as a result of one young monk who committed suicide by jumping into a river. That he was forced to take such desperate action led them to protest against the authorities."
Samphel said the monk had been arrested as he was involved in pulling down a Chinese flag and replacing it with a Tibetan flag.
He later escaped and threw himself into the river.
"The Dalai Lama has requested Tibetans to show restraint and also asked the Chinese authorities not to provoke Tibetans by increasing the current crackdown," Samphel told AFP in Dharamshala, the exiles' Indian base.
Chinese authorities have launched a massive security clampdown in recent weeks to quell possible unrest related to the anniversary of the uprising, which led the Dalai Lama to flee into exile.
The official Xinhua news agency said all but two of the 95 people arrested or who surrendered to police were monks in the Rabgya monastery.
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