Chinese Border Forces Fire on Tibetan Asylum-Seekers

KATHMANDU - Chinese border forces opened fire in a bid to halt the flight of 51 Tibetan asylum-seekers into Nepal, witnesses have told Radio Free Asia (RFA).

All but three were taken into custody and their whereabouts remain unknown.

"There were about 30 Chinese soldiers who started firing from surrounding hills and the valley. The firing went on for quite some time," one of the group told RFA's Tibetan service on condition that he not be named.

The border forces, according to eyewitness reports, then surrounded and detained 48 members of the group in a hilly region close to the Nepal border, but three were able to flee through the Nepali region of Solukhumbu.

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