23. Feb 2009
Nepal Maoists 'arrest' five Tibetans for 'anti-China' activities
(IANS) Members of the Young Communist League (YCL), the youth wing of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) which heads Nepal's current government have detained five Tibetans and handed them over to local police accusing them of crossing into Nepal illegally in a bid to take part in campaigns against the Chinese government. The group, including two Tibetan women, were detained in Sindhupalchowk district in north Nepal, near the Tibetan border. This is the first time that the youth cadres are known to have handed Tibetans, often travelling through Nepal to India, over to the authorities.