Pardafas Reporter
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The much hyped and ‘successful visit’ of Chinese Premier Xi Jinping’s official two-day state visit to Nepal on October 12, 2019 stood on a foundation of a ‘dark secret’ where hundreds of foreigners and Nepalis who would otherwise criticize China were put on tough security scrutinizes, it has been revealed.
Nearly two years later when Nepal formally ratified China’s Belt and Road Initiation on May 22, 2017 Xi visited Nepal in a much razmataz fashion as China tried to woo Nepal with bombards of development projects. Although, none of the projects have yet made any significant progress.
In Pardafas's investigation into the issues of human right violation during Xi’s visit, it has been revealed that as many as 82 people residing in various countries like USA, China, Japan, Italy, Ukraine, Austria, Spain, Czech Republic and Canada were put under a bar to enter the country. These people are under the Chinese government’s tight security scan on suspicion of their involvement in ‘free-Tibet’ movements or any kinds of ‘anti-China’ activities.
A classified document acquired by pardafas shows the details of people mostly those of ‘China-origin’ were circulated among all four security agencies- Nepali Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and National Investigation Department in Nepal, months before Xi's visit.
The list was also provided to the security agencies of country's only international airport Tribhuvan International Airport which mobilized a large number of security personnel to identify and stop those people entering into the country. Of those in the list, six people were US citizens, eight people had US Green cards, and three Japanese citizens. Remaining others were living across the world although their nationality was Chinese. The document had also mentioned their passport numbers so as to arrest them as soon as they enter the country.
The list also provided detailed of passport and ID numbers of those people under radar.
In a dramatic twist the government had mobilized more than 15,000 security personnel for the security of Chinese President Xi in the valley. Most of these security personnel’s job was to identify people who would shout slogans against Xi, show black flags against him or indulge in any kind of free-Tibet or anti-China movement.
Not only putting a ban on entering the country, the Nepal police were forced to arrest at least 22 free-Tibet movement campaigners and human rights activists from Kathmandu weeks before Xi’s visit to Nepal. Most of them were arrested from their houses suspecting their involvement in ‘any kind of untoward activities.’
Arrests in Kathmandu were made around major Buddhist shrines like Swoyambhu nath, Bouddha, Pharping and from Kapan in Kathmandu. Police after their arrest said that those arrested were wearing clothes that symbolizes or fuels the ‘Free Tibet’ movement in the country. Similarly, they were also accused of carrying Tibetan flags and bags with ‘Free Tibet’ slogans.
Of those arrested at least a dozen were Tibetan refugees while others were Nepalis.
Some Human Right activists also claimed that there were police security present around their houses and offices for days before Xi’s visit to Nepal.
