Published by: World Tibet Network News, Tuesday, May 28 1996

Source: Xinhua news agency, Beijing, in English 0709 gmt 24 May 96

Excerpts from report by Xinhua news agency

Lhasa, 24th May: The Tibetan people firmly oppose the attempt of the Dalai Lama and his followers at "Tibetan independence" and their disrupting stability in Tibet, according to living Buddha Drobkang Tubdain Kedrob.

During a session of the the Tibet Autonomous Regional Conference of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the living Buddha vowed to put up a struggle against the Dalai Lama and his followers...

He denounced the Dalai Lama as the "root cause" of chaos in Tibet.

"The Tibetan people have been a member of the Chinese nation for more than 700 years," he noted.

The 41-year-old living Buddha from Xiaodeng Lamasary in Nagqu Prefecture in northern Tibet said the Dalai Lama disregards historical facts and is attempting to split Tibet off from China...