Murder in the Mountains

Posted By Aditya Tiwathia Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 1:42 PM Share

China, it appears, doesn't like refugees coming or going. The Chinese have been propping up the North Korean regime in large part to prevent millions of Koreans flooding across into its borders. The ones that trickle in now are sent back kicking and screaming. Meanwhile in Tibet, annexed by the PRC in 1958, refugees fleeing China through high mountain passes into Nepal are chased and shot down. This video, recorded by a team of mountaineers, shows Tibetans moving up a mountain pass single file. They were on their way to India through Nepal to see the Dalai Lama, their exiled spiritual leader. A Chinese soldier in the distance takes aim and fires repeatedly, killing at least two unarmed Tibetans refugees, one of whom has been confirmed to be a 25 year old Buddhist nun. The Chinese Government news agency, of course, reported that the soldiers fired in self defense.

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