Update on Tibet, 1 May 2008

Thursday, 1 May 2008, 5:30 p.m.

Update for Thursday, 1 May 2008, last updated 2 pm (IST) Re: Tibet Demonstrations

1 May 2008

Toelung Dechen (Ch: Duilongdeqing) County, Lhasa Municipality-Evidences being destroyed by the Chinese army

The Chinese armed forces in their attempt to wipe out any kind of
evidence related to the recent protests in Tibet are burning all the
dead bodies of people who have been killed since the March 14 protest
in Tibet.

On 28th March, around 83 corpses were burnt altogether in an
electrical crematorium, which was built by the Chinese government a few
years back in the Dhongkar Yabdha shang town in Toelung Dechen county under Lhasa Municipality.

Moreover, some eyewitness accounts confirmed that at around10.30 pm
(Lhasa local time) on March 17, dead bodies of several were seen in two
army trucks near a petrol pump located towards the west of Lhasa [this
petrol pump has been one of the most restricted sites since the
protests began in Tibet]

Due to a heavy traffic jam around this petrol pump, a few
Tibetans reported having seen blood discharges from the two trucks that
were carrying dead bodies. In addition to this, there are more reports
of dead bodies being transported to Toelung Dechen County in army
trucks.

On the evening of March 15, an eyewitness source confirmed seeing dead bodies being carried in a truck towards Toelung County.

Many Tibetans who have been injured since the starts of the
protests in Tibet continue to die in Peoples Hospital with no
immediate medical care.

Moreover, one monk who was arrested from Drepung Monastery on
12th April also died in prison. But there are no further details
explaining his death. Two more women are also reported dead immediately
after their release from a prison in Lhasa.

Following is the list of four new names* we can confirm for people who have been killed since the March protests in Tibet.

Both of them are brothers and died around the March 14 protest in Tibet. No further details are available.

* In addition to the already released 61 total names and
details of Tibetans killed during the recent demonstrations, here we
are releasing 3 more names (with details) from the current death toll
list which stands well over 140.

Lhakpa Tsering (his name already reported on the death toll list) was
killed after a gun shot to his forehead by the Chinese Armed Forces on
March 14 at Lugug Street. He was a resident within the premises of gate
number 11 (external boundary) ; gate no 1 (internal boundary) in Lugug
Street. He is survived by his 2 year old child. He worked as a tourist
taxi driver in Lhasa. Although his family did receive his dead body,
but the local security forces took the body with them claiming that
they needed to investigate the body at the Peoples Procuratorate. His
body was later burnt in Toelung County. His family was just given a bag
containing some ashes with his name written on it.