China blames monks for Tibetan unrest | Bangkok Post: news

China on Tuesday blamed Buddhist monks for causing unrest in a Tibetan region, accusing them of disrupting social order and defaming their religion.

Tibetan monks from Kirti Monastery in exile in India gather in Mcleodganj before leaving for a protest march to New Delhi to call for an end to the Kirti Monastery crisis in Tibet in China's Sichuan province. China on Tuesday blamed Buddhist monks for causing unrest in a Tibetan region, accusing them of disrupting social order and defaming their religion.

The foreign ministry refused to confirm allegations two Tibetans were killed in a security crackdown at the Kirti Monastery in the southwestern province of Sichuan, but gave the clearest official acknowledgement yet of unrest there.