03-27-08

西藏喇嘛打斷政府安排的境外記者採訪  (Tibetan Lamas Disrupt Government Arranged Tour for Foreign Journalists)

星期四，一些西藏喇嘛打斷了境外記者在首府拉薩的採訪行程，指責中國當局對最近的動亂說謊。這些記者在中國當局人員陪同下參觀大昭寺的時候，大約30名喇嘛打斷了參訪活動。身穿藏紅色袈裟的喇嘛在告訴記者中國當局對最近發生的動亂撒謊時，一些人高喊，一些人哭泣。

這些喇嘛否認他們參與了暴力，並駁斥了中國有關西藏流亡精神領袖達賴喇嘛在幕後操縱最近發生的後來轉變成暴力的和平抗議的指稱。他們告訴記者，他們只想要自由。

這些記者報導說，在雙方短暫的接觸中，中國政府陪同人員試圖把記者帶開。

A group of Tibetan lamas disrupted a tour for foreign journalistsThursday in Tibet's capital, Lhasa, and accused Chinese authorities of lying about recent unrest. About 30 lamas interrupted the tour while reporters were visiting Jokang Temple and being escorted by Chinese authorities. Dressed in crimson robes, some lamas shouted and others wept as they told reporters that Chinese authorities were lying about the recent unrest. 

The lamas denied they were involved in the violence and refuted China's accusations that Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, was behind the recent peaceful protests that turned violent. The monks told reporters that they just want freedom. 

Reporters say their Chinese government handlers tried to pull them away during the brief encounter.

中國稱維族女子承認參與襲擊 (China Says Uighur Woman Confesses to Attack Attempt)

中國當局說，一名有維吾爾族背景的19歲女子承認參與對烏魯木齊到北京一架航班的未遂恐怖襲擊。中國公安部星期四說，古扎麗努爾.吐爾地對3月7號試圖在飛機衛生間內點燃一個裝滿汽油的可樂罐供認不諱。這一陰謀被發現，沒有人受傷，飛機後來改道蘭州降落。

新疆維吾爾自治區黨委書記王樂泉上星期說，與吐爾地一同在飛機上的一名男子也被捕，第三名嫌疑人一週後承認策劃、煽動並協助上述犯罪行為。

Chinese authorities say a 19-year-old woman with an ethnic Uighur background has confessed to taking part in a failed terrorist attack on an airplane traveling from Urumqi to Beijing. The Ministry of Public Security said Thursday that Guzalinur Turdi gave a full confession of her attempt to start a fire in a plane's toilet March seventh by igniting a soda can filled with gasoline. The plot was discovered and no one was injured. The plane was diverted to the city of Lanzhou.

Wang Lequan, Xinjiang's Communist Party chief, said last week a man was arrested with Turdi on board the flight, and a third suspect a week later admitted to masterminding, instigating, and helping carry out the crime.