Security Forces: Tibetan Calendar

Qi Zhala, The Communist Party Chief Dept: Qi Zhala, the Communist party chief in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, said in a statement on Tuesday that security forces are to "step up registration and inspection work along national roads, at key monasteries and among leading suspects.", according to Vancouver Sun. Six Tibetans have died and scores have been wounded, according to exile groups, in the past few days in clashes between security forces and demonstrators mostly in Tibetan areas of neighbouring Sichuan province and chinese authorities are beefing up security in Tibet and predominantly Tibetan regions of neighbouring provinces after violent unrest last week and ahead of emotionally significant dates in the Tibetan calendar. "Strive to realize the goal of 'no big incidents, no medium incidents, and not even small incidents'," Qi told police in the statement posted on the Lhasa government website. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.