“The Chinese police, backed by the People’s Armed Police are raiding Tibetan houses in the Lhasa area. They are looking for residential permits and if anyone doesn’t have resident permits, they are taken away without reason. Even those Tibetans who do not have residential permits but who are suspected for any reason, are taken away.
For example, around 10 pm on March 15th a group of 15 to 20 police backed by PAP with protective riot gear started raiding Tibetan houses. One family from Kham Tsawa Pasho whose father is Kalsang Gyaltsen was raided. He has two sons, Locho and Jhampa, and a daughter. The daughter had a residence permit and other family members had applied for permits but approval was still pending.
So the Chinese police arrested the father and two sons and took them away. The daughter had no clue as to where they were taken. The whole house was raided and police found 10,000 yuan since they were running a small stall in the area and doing other small businesses. The raiders did not bother to listen to their appeal and took all the money and the three men of the family.
The daughter is left in the house all alone with no money and has no clue where her father and brothers are being detained. She is extremely worried and concerned about their welfare. In the same courtyard there was another family from Kham Dege in Sichuan. The father’s name is Tsonye and he also had two sons. Their house was also raided and they were also arrested that very night.
The police were told that all six members of two family were innocent and they did not participate in the protests. So as a matter of policy, the Chinese are arresting almost all Tibetan young people, both male and female. Nobody knows where they are being taken and if anyone tries to leave their own courtyard, they could be arrested.
So there is no way inquire and search for their family members. Whether they are being killed, detained, beaten, or whether they are alive or dead, nobody knows, and there is no way to find out. So there is virtual terror in Lhasa city.”
Jamphel from Canada who called his relatives in Lhasa.
From RFA’s Tibetan service.
Image: Students for a Free Tibet on Flickr. Kirti after the protests.
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