January 10, 2013 3:23 pm
DHARAMSHALA: Chinese authorities have launched a massive crackdown on satellite equipments used by Tibetans in Malho region of eastern Tibet. The move is believed to be part of a government clampdown on communications to stifle information on self-immolation protests against the Chinese government.
According to a report published by Radio Free Asia, hundreds of satellite dishes and receivers have been seized from homes in Malho (in Chinese, Huangnan) prefecture in Qinghai province and destroyed or burned as part of a ?cleansing? operation launched on the orders of the ruling Chinese Communist Party following a surge in Tibetan self-immolation protests.
The campaign was centered on Rebgong (in Chinese, Tongren) county where a record number of Tibetans burned themselves to demand an end to Chinese repression in Tibet and for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet, the report cited.
A six-member team had been formed to ?seize and destroy all the illegal equipment in Malho prefecture.?? Tibetans are further encouraged to buy smaller satellite dishes and new receivers. The new smaller devices receive only state controlled? programs.
Some residents even suspect that the new equipments are doubling up as surveillance devices equipped with mini-cameras and recording kits.
Chinese authorities have also announced cash rewards for anyone informing the authorities about any Tibetan family holding back such equipments.
A heavy fine of 5000 yuan is imposed if a family doesn?t surrender the satellite dishes. And if anyone reports others holding back such equipment, they are awarded 10,000 yuan, a Tibetan resident was quoted as saying.
The latest order to seize and destroy satellite equipment used to receive information on Tibetan self-immolation protests stemmed from a speech by Qinghai?s Communist Party Secretary Qang Wei at the end of November 2012.
Source: http://tibet.net/2013/01/10/massive-crackdown-on-satellite-tvradio-programmes-in-eastern-tibet/
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