Just being a Tibetan is also starting to cause issues and discomfort Indians.
Reports on racism against Tibetans are becoming more apparent. If India's law enforcement officers are racist against Tibetans, then Tibetans can forget about being safe in India.
This also goes to show that Indians are not happy with Tibetans being in their land and are getting more and more irritated with them being around. How long more can Tibetan in exile continue taking from India? How long more do you think today's India will tolerate especially since there is a need for them to build a strong and close relationship with China? CTA sure does not know how to manage the people and all they do is irk China, so this will just make exile Tibetans living in India more uncertain.
What more the Tibetan youth who was attacked wants to speak up more and seek justice, this could trigger bigger issues that's been brewing between Indians and Tibetans. This is not to say that the youth should not speak up and keep quiet, I am merely highlighting that in general, Indians are NOT happy with Tibetans and this could possibly bring about something worse. Are the Tibetans ready for more hostility from the Indians?
Tibetans do need to remember that India has every right to kick the Tibetans out and if Indians protest more, this could happen. Of course, Tibetans living with such a threat at the back of their heads is also not healthy and peaceful. What will happen next from this incident would be something to keep an eye out.
Policeman who assaulted me was racially motivated, says Tibetan youth thrashed in Delhi
DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 25: Days after the incident of two Tibetan youths who were assaulted by an on-duty policeman in Delhi’s Mahipalpur area for calling a nearby police station for assistance to care for an injured pig attracted national attention, one of the Tibetan youths has said that the incident is not only of assault but also of racism.
Tenzin Lhakpa, 20, who is recovering from bruises and ankle injury after being thrashed by a policeman said that the police officer identified to be Vikram Singh used vulgar language at the two Tibetan youths and threatened to kill them if they were seen again in the area. “We were simply trying to help the injured animal. The policeman called us “cheni” (Chinese) and used derogatory reference to my hometown in Uttarakhand being backward,” Lhakpa told Phayul.
In the voice clip that was recorded secretly by the victim, police officer Vikram Singh was heard saying, “You people from the hills come to Delhi and ask for freedom, Should I shoot you?”. The same officer assaulted the two Tibetan youths and told the room-mate of the victim, a youth who is ethnically an Indian, asking him to leave the spot immediately.
The police officer Vikram Singh is now sent to ‘district lines’, a professional jargon used by the police for personnel who are kept away from active duty or part of an investigation pending an inquiry on him for corruption or any other dereliction of duty. Lhakpa revealed that he has been getting calls from the accused officer’s people urging him to drop the case and settle the matter privately.
“The policeman knows that what he did was wrong. That is why I have been getting calls to drop the matter but this incident is much bigger than me or my injuries. There are many cases of racial discrimination by some crooked people of the law enforcements and if I don’t seek justice and see it through then more incidents of this nature will happen again,” Lhakpa who is an intern at Mahipalpur’s Radisson Blu hotel said.
The incident happened in the wee hours of Tuesday, when two Tibetan youths who found an injured pig called an animal rescue center who instructed them to call the 100 number which is India's 911. Both Tenzin Lhakpa, 20, who is pursuing hotel management at IMS University Delhi and Tenzin Kunsel, a nursing student at Delhi’s Jamia Hamdard University sustained bruises and swellings from being beaten with a stick.
Mahipalpur police station where the accused officer was stationed has refused to register a First Information Report (FIR) on Friday, saying that the necessary formalities can only be conducted once the medical reports of the victims are studied, according to the victim’s mother. Both the parents of the victim work for a Dehradun based NGO called Tibetan Animal Lovers, that rescues and helps animals.
Source: http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=41883&article=Policeman+who+assaulted+me+was+racially+motivated%2c+says+Tibetan+youth+thrashed+in+Delhi