Nepali police on Sunday afternoon detained over 100 Tibetan separatists involved in anti-China activities in the Nepali capital of Kathmandu.
At around 3:10 p.m. local time (0925 GMT), the separatists thronged the visa office of the Chinese Embassy in Nepal, shouting anti-China slogans and waving the so-called "Tibet independence" flag.
The shops, travel agencies and airline offices near the visa office had to suspend their business after the Nepali police blocked the street and tried to confine the rally to the sidewalks.
Traffic police had to evacuate the jammed vehicles by a one-way lane.
"Nepal's law allows arresting those whose activities are adversely affecting the general public. We have arrested them to maintain law and order in the city," Chief District Officer (CDO) of Kathmandu Jayamukunda Khanal said the general public of Nepal was suffering from the protests, when interviewed by Xinhua reporter on July 22.
"We are facing many disturbances from the continuous agitation. The daily activities in the capital are disrupted. Traffic is halted in places they protest," said Khanal, the administrative chief of Kathmandu.
Nepali policemen on duty told Xinhua reporter that around 150 Tibetan separatists were detained, who are supposed to be released after inquiry in police stations.
Observers here noted that the Tibetan separatists are taking advantages of Nepal, the youngest republic in the world, at its historic turning point. A republic government has not been established since Nepal declared a republic on May 28 by its Constituent Assembly.
The Nepali government has repeatedly said that Tibet is an inalienable part of China and that it will not allow anti-China activities on its territory.
Tibetan separatists have staged anti-China protests since mid-March in Kathmandu, which occurs at around 3 p.m. local time on every Friday. The activities often went ugly, disrupting the city traffic and causing conflicts and injuries.
Chinese Ambassador Zheng Xianglin said earlier that some Tibetans who refused to participate in anti-China activities became targets of criminal acts of beating and smashing.
Source: Xinhua
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