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Breaking News - The CCP army continues its guard and wide scale arrests in Tibetan regions

Since the recent events of unrest in Tibet, a series of anti-violence activities have been held by Tibetans in various provinces in China’s west. The Chinese Communist regime has mobilized army troops, and has begun large scale crack downs and mass arrests of anti-violence Tibetans in Tibet, Gansu, Sichuan and Qinghai. According to one resident in a region of unrest, the situation has become more severe, and people are required to carry identification and papers whenever they leave home.

Since the 14th of March, anti-violence activities in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Gansu have spread across 27 townships. According to Mr Peng, a resident in Gannan, even though the unrest has quietened down, there are still large numbers of army troops on guard, and people are required to carry identification wherever they go.

Mr Peng said, “Tibetans have certain viewpoints toward social phenomenon and issues of corruption. There are Han Chinese people who have infiltrated into the Tibetan crowds. They control a few people. To date perhaps 400 to 500 people have been arrested, and army troops are now on guard in peripheral regions.”

Mr Wong who resides close to Gannan revealed that his friends in the army disclosed that up to 10000 army officers have been dispatched from Sichuan, but relevant news had all been censored.

He also revealed groups of reserved troops had moved into those regions; and heard it had been sealed off from entry, yet the government forbids media from reporting the negative news on the matter.

It is said that the situation in Lhasa and Anduoaba is still very serious, with a large number of armed police searching and arresting Tibetans. A local Tibetan said, “It is very tight in our area, and there are patrol police on the streets 24 hours a day.”

It is said the Chengdu Military Area has already cancelled leaves taken by military personnel and has entered the “first grade war preparation” stage. A resident in Chengdu said that recently, there are a lot of people who wear police uniforms and drive police cars, but without police badges and numbers. Even at the entrance of the university one can see them monitoring people.

Starting from March 10, there were Tibetan protests against the rule of the Chinese Communist regime in Lhasa. On March 14, the Chinese Communist regime sent in troops to suppress the protests. Since then, protests have spread into Tibetan autonomous regions in Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai provinces. On March 24, the Tibetan exile government announced that 130 protesters were killed in the conflicts, mostly in the East and Northeast of Tibet.

The above report is by Li Sisi, Li Yuhan, and Chris Thomas for the SOH Radio Network.