Published by: World Tibet Network News, Thursday, May 23 1996

Source: `Xizang Ribao', Lhasa, in Chinese 11 May 96 pp1,3

The Tibetan party leader, Raidi, has made a speech in which he links the campaign to crack down on crime with the struggle against separatism. He accuses supporters of the Dalai Lama of creating unrest and causing explosions. "We must focus our efforts on hitting hard at violent and terrorist sabotage activities created by separatist elements," he says. Cadres found to be lax in the campaign will be severely punished. The following is the text, published by the Chinese regional newspaper from Tibet `Xizang Ribao', described as "Speech (excerpt) by Raidi, executive deputy secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional CCP Committee, at rally to mobilize the struggle to `crack down severely on crimes' in Lhasa City on 9th May 1996 entitled `Seriously implement the arrangement of the party Central Committee, earnestly carry out the struggle to crack down ` severely on crimes' in our region'"; subheadings as published:

The current nationwide struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" is a strategic arrangement of the party Central Committee to strengthen the management of social order and to ensure that the masses of people live and work in peace and contentment, and is an important guarantee for smoothly carrying out reform, opening up to the outside world and economic construction, and to realizing the Ninth Five-Year Plan and the Long-Term Target for the Year 2010. The rally today is both a rally to mobilize the struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" in Lhasa City and a rally to mobilize the struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" in the whole region. In order to implement seriously the strategic arrangement of the party Central Committee and to carry out the earnestly struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" in our region, I would like to put forward my views in accordance with the guidelines discussed by the party committee and the government:

I. Seek unity of thought and thoroughly understand the great significance of this struggle to "crack down severely on crimes"

In recent years, party and government organizations at all levels of our region have attached great importance to the work of safeguarding social stability, and the party, government, military, police and people have coordinated closely, worked with concerted efforts and made contributions to cracking down on various kinds of crimes, safeguarding the motherland's unity and maintaining social stability. On the whole, separatists and various kinds of criminal elements have received a serious blow, the situation of the whole region has gradually become more stable and the situation is good. However, instability factors still exist. The Dalai clique, following the failure of a series of plots to separate the motherland, is at an impasse, has frantically pounced on us again and has constantly carried out violent and terrorist sabotage activities. Since the beginning of last year it has created many incidents of explosions and other incidents [Chinese: duo qi bao zha deng an jian 1122 6386 3615 3498 4583 2714 0115

] one after another. Various rampant criminal activities have threatened the safety of the lives and property of the people. Besides, drug addiction, production and sale of pornography, prostitution and visiting prostitutes, gambling and other vicious social phenomena continue to spread despite repeated prohibition. We must be soberly aware that the situation of safeguarding social stability and ensuring social order in our region brooks no blind optimism.

In making arrangements for this struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" , the party Central Committee has stressed that this struggle is a strategic arrangement for maintaining social stability and is an important guarantee for reform and development. The fundamental purpose of carrying out the struggle to "crack down severely crimes" in our region is to safeguard social stability and to ensure the economy in our region can develop faster, the frontier defence can become stronger and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. Viewed from the situation of social stability and social order in our region, to carry out a powerful and impressive struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" at present is also a pressing task . Party committees and governments at various levels should first of all seriously study a series of important instructions of the central authorities concerning this struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" , profoundly understand the spirit of the central authorities, corre

ctly grasp the reality of our region, thoroughly understand the necessity of carrying out the struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" in our region, enhance the sense of responsibility and urgency and really seek unity of thought on the basis of the strategic policy decision of the party Central Committee and on the basis of the arrangement of the regional party committee. Tibet is located on the front-line of the anti-separation struggle, and safeguarding social stability and the motherland's unity is the most important political responsibility. Paying great attention to this struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" is both an expression of whether or not we have a sense of the masses of people and an expression of whether or not we attach importance to politics. In this struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" , every party member, and leaders at various levels in particular, are faced with an important test. We must regard the attitude and behaviour of cadres at various levels in this struggle t

o "crack down severely on crimes" as an important basis on which to appraise whether or not their political orientation, political stance and political viewpoints are correct, whether or not their political ability to differentiate and political sensitivity are good and whether or not they observe political discipline strictly. Various localities and various departments must really attach great importance, in thought and in action, to the work of safeguarding social stability and social order, and earnestly carry out the struggle to "severely crack down on crimes" . If the leadership of a locality does not ideologically attach importance to the struggle, does not make sufficient effort to make arrangements or does not take specific measures, thus leading to rampant sabotaging activities of separatist elements, and to failure in making marked improvement in social order, the party committee and government of that locality shall be investigated and responsibility affixed.

II. Carefully organize this struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" , make it powerful and impressive

Procuratorial, judicial and public security departments are the main strength in this struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" and are duty bound. These departments at various levels must have a strong sense of responsibility and mission, strengthen various measures, give play to their functions as a whole, earnestly and properly organize activities to crack down on crimes, carry forward the indomitable style of fearing no fatigue and successively making sudden and violent attacks, really make the struggle powerful and impressive and resolutely crush the unbridled arrogance of the separatist elements and criminal elements.

1. Make well-organized arrangements and act in unison. This struggle to "crack down on crimes" is different from ordinary special struggles of the past. We must make well-organized arrangements, do careful organization work, act speedily in unison and carry out the struggle with leadership, in a planned way, step by step and vigorously. The Regional Political and Law Commission must, on the existing basis, make further well-organized arrangements. Various prefectures, cities and counties must immediately take action and launch several region-wide fruitful and concentrated attacks. The phenomenon of taking no action in cracking down on crimes is not permitted.

2. In connection with the anti-separation struggle, expose key crimes, mobilize in a big way the masses of people to report and expose crimes and severely crack down on violent sabotage activities. Various separatist activities created by the Dalai clique and separatist elements within the country's boundary are the main root cause affecting social stability in our region, and the struggle to " crack down severely on crimes" is entirely in keeping with the anti-separation struggle. In the course of the struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" , we must focus our efforts on hitting hard at violent and terrorist sabotage activities created by separatist elements and severely crack down on criminal elements involved in smuggling, stealing and illegally possessing arms and ammunition; and we must hotly pursue and fiercely attack such elements, and should never be faint of heart or hesitant in action. Besides, we must carry out a comprehensive check-up on military guns, weapons, ammunition, and explosives amon

g the people, which should first be registered and then handled according to specific circumstances.

3. Uphold the principle of "severely and speedily" meting out punishment for serious criminal elements according to law. We must mete out severe punishment for separatist elements who take risks in desperation, and for criminal elements who committed serious crimes. We must concentrate greater efforts on speedily investigating and cracking a number of important major cases, arresting a number of criminals at large, smashing a number of criminal gangs, and punishing a number of important criminals.

III. Strengthen leadership, ensureactual results in this struggle to " crack down severely on crimes"

This struggle to "crack down on crimes" is an important and urgent task. Besides, it is also systematic engineering. In order to obtain actual results in this struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" , what is more important is that party committees and governments at various levels must attach great importance to it, strengthen leadership and give all-out support, in addition to concentrated attacks launched by the procuratorial, judicial and public security departments. Besides, it is also necessary for various departments and units to energetically cooperate and fight in coordination.

1. Party committees and governments at various levels must strengthen leadership, give timely supervision, inspection and guidance to speed up the work and implement the system of principal leading cadres undertaking responsibility. Party committees and governments at various levels must regard this struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" as in important political task, seriously study it and make arrangements, strengthen supervision and inspection and give assistance in solving problems. Principal party and government leading cadres of prefectures, cities and counties must go deep into the front-line, personally take up matters, personally direct the struggle, implement the system of principal leading cadres undertaking responsibility and strive to bring about a marked improvement in the social and political situation and social order in respective localities.

2. Thoroughly mobilize and depend on the people of various nationalities. In order to triumphantly fulfil the tasks of the struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" , we must fully mobilize and depend on the masses of people to fight a people's war in addition to strengthening party leadership, depending on specialized departments and giving play to their functions. We must call on, and mobilize, the people to report and expose evildoers, bad deeds and criminal elements, and to provide clues for cracking cases so that criminal elements have no place to hide themselves. We must make great efforts to publicize and earnestly protect the people's righteous deeds and enthusiasm of safeguarding social stability and social order and must hit hard at criminal elements who retaliate against people reporting and exposing crimes.

3. Energetically cooperate and fight in coordination. Propaganda departments must give full play to the role of giving guidance to public opinion in newspapers, magazines, radio and television, make great efforts to properly publicize the struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" , launch a powerful offensive in public opinion, inspire the enthusiasm of the people and strengthen the confidence and courage of the people to fight against separatist elements and criminal elements. Financial departments must provide necessary funds and material for the struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" . Discipline inspection and supervision departments must coordinate with procuratorial, judicial and public security departments in carrying out the struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" . Leading cadres who are found to have neglected their duty should be investigated and responsibility affixed. We must strictly, speedily and severely punish party-member cadres found to have violated law and discipline in the st

ruggle to "crack down severely on crimes" and make use of the opportunity to build the party style and honest administration. All departments and units must go all out to energetically take part in the struggle.

4. Strengthen the comprehensive improvement of the social order. At present, we must make use the opportunity of carrying the struggle to " crack down severely on crimes" to implement vigorously various measures comprehensively to improve social order, vigorously construct the grass-roots foundation and prevent any area or unit from becoming an untouched spot in management. In connection with this struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" , we must continue to eliminate various vicious social phenomena. In the struggle to " crack down severely on crimes" , the procuratorial departments, the judicial departments and the public security departments, particularly the public security and police departments, are shouldering a glorious and important mission. They must not fail to live up to the great expectations and trust of the party and the people. They must bestir themselves, energetically take action, display the spirit of fearing neither hardship nor death and of fighting successive battles, establish conf

idence, enhance the fighting will and render new meritorious services to the development and stability of our region with an attitude of holding themselves highly responsible to the party and the people.

Comrades, this struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" is a nationwide gigantic and vigorous campaign arranged in a unified manner by the central authorities and is also an urgent and important political task to safeguard the social stability of our region, to ensure a more rapid economic development of our region, and to ensure that the people work and live in peace and contentment in our region. Let us, under the correct leadership of the party Central Committee with Comrade Jiang Zemin as its core and in accordance with the arrangement of the regional party committee and government, really make this struggle to "crack down severely on crimes" impressive and powerful, produce actual results and lay a solid foundation for long-term stability in Tibet.