Beijing escalates Tibet accusations
From Times Wire Reports
China escalated its rhetoric against the Dalai Lama, accusing the Nobel Peace laureate and his supporters of planning suicide attacks.
The Tibetan government-in-exile swiftly denied the charge.
Wu Heping, spokesman for China’s Ministry of Public Security, said searches of monasteries in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, had turned up a large cache of weapons.
Beijing has accused the Dalai Lama and his supporters of orchestrating violence last month in Lhasa.
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