-Radio Free Asia
Tibetans who previously traveled to India are especially closely watched.
Authorities have ramped up security controls in Tibetan areas of western China during the Beijing Winter Olympics, with police monitoring residents closely to block communications with Tibetans living in exile, sources in the region say.
Restrictions are especially tight in the Kanlho (in Chinese, Gannan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu province and the Ngaba (Aba) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan, one man living in the area told RFA’s Tibetan Service this week.
“Tibetans in these places are barred from speaking with Tibetans in exile, and Tibetans who have been to India and then returned are being summoned each day for questioning by the local police,” RFA’s source said, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons.
Pictures of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama are also being seized wherever they are found, the source said.
“The situation here is more intense than ever before, and local Tibetans are terrified now to receive calls from the exile community and communicate with them,” he added. Click here to read more.