Hu Jintao attacks Dalai Lama for sabotaging stability in Tibet

Beijing, Jan 24 (PTI) In a rare personal attack on the
Dalai Lama, Chinese President Hu Jintao has accused him of
engaging in "Tibet independence" activities and "sabotaging"
social stability in the strategic Himalayan region.

Criticising the 74-year-old exiled Tibetan spiritual
leader, Hu, also general secretary of the ruling Communist
Party of China (CPC), said the government would take
substantial measures to ensure "normal order" of Tibetan
Buddhism in Tibet.
Hu acknowledged that Tibet faced a "special
contradiction" between people of all ethnic groups and the
separatist forces led by the Dalai clique.
"These contradictions had made leapfrog development and
lasting stability major themes of the work of Tibet," Hu said.
The awareness of being part of the Chinese nation and
being law-abiding citizens must be constantly enhanced among
cadre and the masses in Tibet, the official Xinhua news agency
citied Hu as saying at a meeting of senior Chinese leaders
here earlier in the week.
Hu also asked the Tibetan government to prevent and
strike "penetration and sabotage" by "Tibet independence"
separatists to safeguard social stability, socialist legal
system, national unity, and ethnic solidarity.
The meeting was the first of its kind since the deadly
riots in Tibet's capital Lhasa in March 2008, the largest
uprising against Chinese rule since 1986. Beijing, which
blames the Dalai Lama for the riots, says at least 22 people
were killed. (More) PTI AKJ
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