BEIJING: China will severely punish officials in Tibet who support the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader and Nobel laureate, the region’s top Communist leader said according to state media reports yesterday.
Chen Quanguo, Tibet’s Communist party chief, vowed to root out officials who support the Dalai Lama and to quash separatist activities in the region, according to a front-page report in the Tibet Daily. “Party members, especially leading cadres, at all levels must safeguard the unity of the motherland,” Chen said.
“Cadres who harbour fantasies about the 14th Dalai Group, follow the 14th Dalai Group, and participate in supporting separatist infiltration sabotage activities, will be strictly and severely punished according to the law and party disciplinary measures.”
AFP
