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300 Tibetans held in Nepal: police

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Police in Nepal detained around 300 Tibetan exiles on Friday for demonstrating outside a Chinese embassy building in the capital Kathmandu, police said.

Protesters waved flags of the Tibetan government-in-exile and shouted “Free Tibet,” “China liar, leave Tibet,” and other slogans, an AFP reporter at the scene said.

“Some 300 Tibetan protesters have been held,” police officer Bharat Lama told AFP, but added that - as usual - “all of them will be freed later in the day.”

Riot police blocked the protesters as they tried to run towards the main gate of the embassy building and quickly bundled them into waiting vans and trucks after a brief tussle.

Kathmandu has seen almost daily protests since unrest erupted in the Tibetan capital Lhasa in March, prompting a crackdown by Chinese security forces.

Nepalese officials have repeatedly said no anti-China activity will be allowed as they seek to preserve friendly ties with their giant northern neighbour.

Nepal is home to about 20,000 exiled Tibetans.

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