October 14, 2005
Chinese Authorities Step Up Anti-Separatist Campaign in Tibetan Region
Chinese authorities have expelled some 40 Buddhist nuns from a convent in the Tibetan regional capital, Lhasa, in a renewed crackdown on suspected separatists in Tibetan Buddhist institutions, according to News Blaze. In this story, cell phones give monks true alliance away and serve an evil purpose.
"The task force is charged with "cleansing anyone who has allegiance to the Dalai Lama. "Ordinarily, only those monks who have studied for five to 10 years are admitted in the popular monasteries in Lhasa. Now the Chinese authorities are issuing red certificates to some new monks, and they suddenly appear in monasteries with cell phones," the source said.
"If any kind of activity or prayer is performed with slightest reference to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, these new monks call the local officials. Even in the offering for those dead, if the Dalai Lama is mentioned, the officials are informed. There were cases when Chinese officials raided monasteries even before the conclusion of prayers if there was some reference to Dalai Lama."
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