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Tibetan author fears execution by Chinese authorities for 'spillitism' writings | A Tibetan writer and intellectual has expressed fear about being executed by authorities in China for his anti-Beijing write-ups. Tragyal, a 47-year-old
Tibetan who writes under the name Shogdung, had been an employee at a state-run
publisher. He faces the charge of "splittism," one of the gravest crimes under
Chinese law. His book "The Line Between Sky and Earth", published in March this
year, is being used as evidence against him in court. The book is a poetic, painstakingly
written indictment of Chinese rule and a call for a "peaceful revolution" against
what Tragyal describes as Beijing 's heavy-handed governing style. It turns out
that the public security bureau in the western province of Qinghai needed a full
month to translate his Tibetan prose into Chinese. Officers have searched his
home, carted away computers, handwritten notes and copies of the offending book,
Tragyal stood by silently as all this was being done. "He was perfectly serene
in front of the policemen, and this somehow calmed my fears," his wife wrote in
an e-mail. If recent history is any guide, the trial will be brief and the penalty
severe, and Tragyal knows it. "I am naturally terrified at the thought that once
this essay has been made public, I will eventually have to endure the hot hells
and cold hells on earth," he writes. "I may 'lose my head because of my mouth,'
but this is the path I have chosen, so the responsibility is mine," the New York
Times quoted him, as saying. |
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