Source: The Buddhist Channel
Wire Service: AP
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=46,5222,0,0,1,0
Police in the capital of Tibet clashed for four days with Buddhist monks trying to celebrate the awarding of a congressional honor for the Dalai Lama, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Sunday.
The awarding of Congress' highest civilian honor — personally bestowed on the exiled spiritual leader by President Bush on Wednesday — had already caused China to warn that Washington had "gravely undermined" relations.
The Ming Pao newspaper said hundreds of monks at the Zhaibung monastery in Lhasa had clashed with police.
It said that after the clash, the monastery was surrounded by 3,000 armed police who refused to allow more than 1,000 monks leave. It gave no other details and did not say if there were any injuries.