By Tenzin Dickyi
New Delhi
31 Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) activists stormed the Chinese Embassy at New Delhi today to protest China’s continued illegal occupation of Tibet. 26 of them were from RTYC Dharsamsala, 2 from RTYC Mussoorie and 3 from RTYC New Delhi. Among which only one of them was a lady who without any fear and concern walked down to squall the Chinese Embassy.
At around 11am a sudden scream by TYC members on the premises of the Chinese Embassy, shouting anti-China slogans and demanding complete independence of Tibet let to the detention of all of them by the Indian police. They were captured and throwed into a police bus and have been taken into custody at the nearest Police Stations.
As they chanted slogans like ‘Long Live His Holiness the Dalai Lama’ and ‘Free Tibet’, hoard of media personnel from the leading press agencies and media channels were present there to capture these scene. These activists were voicing the thoughts of Tibetans who are denied of freedom of expression back in Tibet and thus making the aspirations for a Free Tibet known to the whole world on behalf of them.
According to a reliable source, Jigme Kocha, one of the activists from Dharamsala fainted while he was taken to the police station in the bus though he is currenttly under proper medication at Ram Manohar Lohiya hospital.
TYC’s Information Secretary Mr. Dhondup Dorjee said that they are submitting memorandums to the Indian Prime Minister, UNO Secretary General and the Chinese President. He said that their basic demand this time is the release of those 14 innocent Tibetans who went missing after the incident that happened on the fourth day of the Tibetan New Year (21st February), in front of Jokhang Temple in Tibet, since it has been reported by reliable sources that the Chinese authorities are doing their best to put this incident under the carpet.
