Tibetan Activist Sets Himself Afire

[NVMojo]

MUMBAI, India (AP) -

A Tibetan independence activist set himself on fire Thursday outside the hotel where Chinese President Hu Jintao was courting Indian business leaders eager to boost trade between Asia's emerging giants.

The protester, Lhakpa Tsering, suffered only minor burns before police put out the flames and detained him and six other Tibetan activists.

The incident was a sign of increasing frustration among Tibetans in India who feel their cause has been abandoned by Indian officials eager to foster closer ties with China, which forcibly absorbed Tibet in 1950.

Throughout Hu's four-day visit, Indian authorities went to great lengths to make sure he was not confronted with any anti-Chinese sentiment, erecting tight police cordons and banning gatherings of more than five people in areas where he was traveling.

Police even barred Tenzin Tsundue - a prominent Tibetan activist with a reputation for publicity stunts that have embarrassed previous Chinese visitors - from leaving Dharmsala, the center of the Tibetan exile community.

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[nam78_two]

1. K&R/nt

[PartTimeSatanist]

2. Well, that's one way to get attention.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Sadly, business trumps everything

including the extermination of a people and their way of life.

[xchrom]

4. k&r