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B’desh halts Tibet exhibition after China protests

DHAKA: Bangladeshi police in the capital Dhaka closed a photography exhibition on Tibet following complaints from Chinese diplomats, the government and organisers said on Monday.

Shahidul Alam, who set up the exhibition ‘Into Exile, Tibet 1949-2009’, said the gallery doors had been locked by police officers. “We were scheduled to open on Sunday, but the police didn't allow us inside,” he told AFP. “Chinese embassy officials had earlier come to meet me and requested (that we) cancel the show.”Muhammad Imran, spokesman for the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry, told AFP “the Chinese ambassador called on our foreign secretary and formally expressed concern over the exhibition on Tibet”. Police chief Shah Alam told AFP they stopped the show on the “orders from higher authorities”. afp

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