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China to tighten copying services in Lhasa to prevent unrest Wednesday, May 19, 2010 Phayul Dharamsala, May 19: Chinese communist authorities in the Tibetan capital Lhasa have introduced a new rule to restrict access to printing and photocopying services, Chinese state media reported, in what officials said was an effort to prevent "illegal activities." The rule was announced at a meeting of the management of the city's reprography sector held on May 10, the Lhasa Evening News is said to have reported.Under the rules, operators of printing and copying businesses in Lhasa must be cleared by the police and relevant authorities, and individual applicants must be permanent residents in the city or those who have acquired temporary residence. Copy service providers are required to strictly adopt a real-name registration system and those using services to reproduce printed or written material will have to show their ID cards and, have their names, address and ID numbers registered. The number of copies made should also be taken down. Police are also required to strictly examine companies' and individuals' qualifications in operating reprography services and local police will regularly check how effective the new measures are being implemented. Those who are found to be involved in illegal activities will be asked to shut down their businesses and be held accountable under the law, China Daily reported, citing Lhasa Evening News as saying last week. Some separatists constantly hand out banners and pamphlets with illegal content in Tibet , the report said, citing a deputy police chief of the Lhasa police bureau as saying at a press conference after the March 14 unrest in Lhasa in 2008. In October 2008, six months after major anti-Chinese unrest in the Tibetan capital, Chinese authorities arrested an 81-year-old Tibetan traditional printer, Paljor Norbu, for the fourth time in his long career, for allegedly printing “prohibited material,” including the banned Tibetan National flag. Paljor was later tried in secret in November that year and was sentenced to seven years in prison, but the details of the charges and the verdict have not been made public yet. His current whereabouts are unknown to his family and friends. During the 2008 unrest, which spread across the three traditional provinces of Tibet , scattering printed materials, including Tibetan national flag and posters protesting against Chinese rule, in the public places were common. The printed materials included protest leaflets calling for the independence of Tibet and “Long Live the Dalai Lama” slogans. |
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