Excerpt from Work Report of the Tibet Autonomous Regional People's Procuratorate delivered by Tudeng Caiwang, acting chief procurator of the Tibet Autonomous Regional People's Procuratorate, at the Third Session of the Sixth Tibet Autonomous Regional People's Congress on 20th May 1995 from Xizang Ribao 13th June.

In line with the instructions of the autonomous regional party committee and the Supreme People's Procuratorate, procuratorial organs at all levels in our region always adhered to the priority task of severely cracking down on a small number of splittist elements and all types of serious economic criminal elements. In particular, we gained a better understanding of the nature, essence, principles, policies, and measures of the antisplittist struggle through studying the guidelines of the Third Forum on Work in Tibet and the Sixth Enlarged Plenary Session of the Fourth Tibet Autonomous Regional CPC Committee. This enabled us to intensify our crackdowns on a small number of splittist elements. Last year we accepted and handled requests from public security and state security organs for permission to arrest 1,266 criminals involved in 765 cases. Upon examination, we gave permission for the arrests of 1,249 people involved in 751 cases - an increase of 24.4 per cent from the figures in the same period of last ye

ar. Upon examination, we brought indictments against 972 people involved in 586 cases. From the permission given for arrests and indictments made, we could see the following characteristics. (1)

The situation concerning splittism and the antisplittist struggle remained grim, and counterrevolutionary cases continued to follow an upward trend in 1994, permission was given to arrest 164 people involved in 44 counterrevolutionary cases - an increase respectively of 92.94 per cent and 57.14 per cent from the 85 people and 28 cases of last year. Splittist forces showed a tendency of spreading along communication lines, and into key cities and towns, as well farming and pastoral zones. Splittist elements inside and outside the boundaries colluded with each other and conducted frequent activities. They conducted counterrevolutionary propaganda without restraint and intensified their political infiltration against us. The situation in some temples were quite complicated. Of relevant permission given for arrests and indictments made, 87.53 per cent were against 137 lamas and nuns who committed crimes.