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A day earlier, about 30 monks at the Jokhang Temple, one of the holiest in Tibet, shoved their way into a briefing and spent about 15 minutes telling reporters the government was lying about recent unrest.
They also rejected Chinese claims the Tibetan spiritual leader was directing the rash of protests.
These monks will not be punished, Xinhua quoted Baema Chilain as saying.
"But what they said is not true. They were attempting to mislead the world's opinion," he said. "The facts shouldn't be distorted."
The Dalai Lama, Tibet's main spiritual leader who fled the country for India after a failed uprising in 1959, has condemned the violence and denies he wants anything more than greater autonomy for his homeland. Continued...
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