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China furious over
allegations of plot to kill Dalai Lama
LIKE A BOND MOVIE: In a new curl to the always
tense relationship between Beijing and the Tibetan spiritual leader, poisoned
womenˇ¦s hair enters the fray
AP, Beijing
China yesterday accused the Dalai Lama of being deceitful after he reportedly
alleged that Chinese agents trained Tibetan women to assassinate him by planting
poison in their hair for him to touch during blessings.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Tibetan spiritual leaderˇ¦s
allegations, reported in the London-based Sunday Telegraph newspaper, were not
worth refuting, but added that he generally spreads false information.
ˇ§The Dalai always wears religious clothes while carrying out anti-China
separatist activities in the global community, spreading false information and
deceiving the public,ˇ¨ ministry spokesman Hong Lei (¬x˝U) said at a routine daily
news briefing.
The nationalistic tabloid the Global Times scorned the allegations in a
commentary, saying that if China had wanted to kill the Dalai Lama it could have
done so any time without waiting until he was 76 years old.
The Tibetan Buddhist leader told the Telegraph he had been warned that the
Chinese government was training female Tibetan agents to put poison in their
hair or scarves and to seek his blessings or touch his hand.
Hundreds of thousands of people take pilgrimages each year to the northern
Indian town of Dharamsala, where the Dalai Lama lives under tight security.
Huge crowds also surround him during his travels abroad.
The Tibetan leader usually places his hand over the heads of devotees seeking
his blessing.
He told the newspaper he may end up being the last Dalai Lama because of Chinese
interference in finding his reincarnation after his death.
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