China: 1 000+ held in Lhasa
03/04/2008 19:13  - (SA)  

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China: 400+ arrested in Tibet Chinese police arrest 26 135 dead in Tibet crackdown

Beijing - More than 1 000 people have either been caught by police or have turned themselves in after deadly unrest in the Tibetan capital Lhasa last month, state media said on Thursday.

Lhasa police have nabbed over 800 "criminals" since the violent March 14 unrest in the old centre of the city, the Tibet Commerce newspaper reported, citing the deputy chief of the Lhasa communist party, Wang Xiangming.

This is nearly double a figure of 414 people caught by police reported by the state media earlier this week.

In addition, over 280 people had turned themselves in, Wang was quoted as saying, confirming a previous figure of 289.

Trials will be carried out before May 1, a national holiday in China, the paper quoted him as saying.

- AFP

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