China has been accused of trying to sabotage elections to the Tibetan government in exile and Tibetan Parliament held earlier in January with the Tibetan community saying that the biggest disruption to the process was witnessed in Nepal where the Chinese Communist Party has made inroads over the years.
The Tibetan community has claimed that while the elections went on smoothly in India, Russia and other countries, there is evidence that Chinese officials tried to watch the voting process and note the names of those who voted in certain countries.
“The biggest disruption to the elections happened in Nepal, after a Chinese high-level delegation visited the Himalayan country on December 27, to resolve the schism between the different factions of the Nepal Communist Party, said people aware of the matter. Several Chinese officials visited Nepal on the occasion through both air and land routes and may have been involved in monitoring elections,” they said.
For decades, China has been worried over the presence of the Tibetan community in Nepal over fears that the Himalayan state could be the springboard for anti-China protests.
The Tibetan Administration, led by its President and 45 parliamentarians, was voted to power by about 80,000 voters around the world through a ballot system of elections, in which the preliminary round of polling took place on January 3.
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