Beijing, 26 ene (EFE).- A court in the southwestern province of Sichuan today began a trial against two Tibetans accused of inciting eight other people to immolate themselves last year., three of which ended his life.
As reported today by the official Xinhua agency, The accused are Lorang Konchok, of 40, and his nephew, of 31, who were arrested last August after a series of immolations in Aba prefecture, en Sichuan.
According to the authorities, Lorang Konchok tenía un contacto muy cercano con miembros de la organización "Independencia del Tíbet", and sent information about the immolations abroad.
In addition, le acusan de "incitar" to two citizens, llamados Tsedrup y Tsenam, to burn like hell in March of last year, and a nineteen-year-old young man months later, whom, according to the agency, He promised to spread his case outside of China.
The accusation also cites, the agency points out, that the defendants instigated five other citizens to immolate themselves, despite the fact that the events were stopped by the police.
Ayer, Chinese police arrested a Tibetan in Qinghai province, in the northwest of the country, whom he accused of intentional homicide also for inciting a monk to set himself on fire in protest.
From 2009 have occurred 98 cases of Tibetans setting themselves on fire to protest against Chinese oppression and in favor of Tibetan independence.
China accuses Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, of inciting these protests for political purposes.
The Chinese authorities have considered Tibet part of their country for centuries, by dynastic and conquest unions in the imperial era, si bien para los tibetanos en el exilio el "Techo del Mundo" It was virtually independent until it was occupied by the Communist Army in the early 1950s..
Since December, Chinese rules provide that those suspected of inciting immolation will be charged with murder.
A week ago, Chinese authorities announced the arrest of seven people in Gansu province, in northwest China, accused of inciting others to set themselves on fire.
