After a Tibetan monk set himself on fire in protest against the Chinese government in Kathmandu, the Nepalese police has installed hi-tech, night-vision CCTV cameras in areas designated as "hotspots of Free Tibet movement" and "anti-China activities" in its capital.
Around 34 state-of-the-art CCTV cameras have been installed in strategic locations including the premises of the ancient Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu where the Tibetan monk set himself on fire earlier this year.
The 25-year-old monk came all the way to Nepal from Tibet in a bid to gain greater world attention as probably a lot of such acts are going un-noticed in the Tibetan plateau because of Beijing's severe security but now the self-immolation in Kathmandu has forced the police in Nepal to curb all such protests in the country.
Despite thousands of petitions from the human rights activists and the Tibetan government in exile, Nepal earlier refused to return the charred body of the monk and declared it "unclaimed" and secretly cremated the body.
"Installing CCTV Cameras and forbidding to hold any Free Tibet or anti-China protests on its soil are part of Kathmandu's policy adhering to one-China-policy," said Norbu Tsering, a Tibetan refugee in Kathmandu.
"We are having hard time to get or renew our Residential Certificate (RC) that permits us to stay in Nepal and when we travel to India without RC, border police demand money for us," added Norbu.
Following the Tibetan monk's self immolation, former Prime Minister and chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda, during a visit to Beijing told Chinese President Xi Jinping that his government will suppress all anti-China activities by the Tibetans living in his country.
"The national stability and integrity of both countries will not be compromised in the name of religious freedom and human rights," vowed Pushpa reiterating his government's firm adherence to the one-China policy that recognizes Tibet as part of mainland China and forbids any free Tibet movement on its soil.
