16. Sep 2009
Protesting children beaten in Yushu
(VOT) Police in Nangchen (Chinese: Nangqian) county, Yushu prefecture, Qinghai province, severely beat up four school children for allegedly filming a demonstration that took place during a musical event, according to a report by the Oslo-based Voice of Tibet (VOT) radio, citing the exile Tibetan MP Geshe Monlam Tharchin. The report said that the protesters, all Tibetans, were apparently not locals. They suddenly appeared when the musical event was going on, shouting anti-China slogans, with one of them climbing a tree and tying a Tibetan national flag there before taking off on a waiting motorbike. The other protester ran into the huge crowd of audience and mingled with it. The police cordoned off the area and it was not clear whether any arrests were made. The whereabouts of the four children are reportedly unknown.