China police shoot Tibetan monk after complaint

BEIJING: The head of a Tibetan monastery has been shot dead by a policeman in western China after he and other monks demanded payment for medical treatment after they said they were beaten in custody, a US broadcaster said. Radio Free Asia said the shooting took place on Sept 14 after a group of monks went to the police station in Darlag county in Qinghai province, part of a greater Tibet region divided into administrative districts by Beijing to curb unrest. Several monks were wounded, it said, quoting unidentified sources. A police officer from the Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, which has jurisdiction over the county where the shooting took place, said on Saturday he knew of the incident but that it did not happen exactly as the radio station had reported. reuters

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