BEIJING - More than 1,000 people have been arrested or surrendered after deadly rioting last month in the Tibetan capital, and trials will be held before May, the city’s deputy Communist Party secretary said.
The statement is an apparent sign of the government’s determination to close the book on the violence well ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games in August.
Wang Xiangming’s remarks in the official Tibet Commerce newspaper also offer the most complete picture yet of the scope of the crackdown on the largest anti-government protests in Tibetan areas across western China in almost two decades.
Beijing has sent thousands of police and army troops to the area to maintain an edgy peace, hunt down protest leaders, and cordon-off Buddhist monasteries whose monks led protests that began peacefully on March 10 before turning violent four days later.
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