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Tibet govt chief denies Lhasa under martial law

BEIJING
Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:43pm EDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibet's top government official Qiangba Pingcuo denied on Saturday that the regional capital Lhasa was under martial law.

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But he declined to respond to questions whether there had been shootings or deaths.

"We will handle this according to the law," he told reporters on the sidelines of the annual session of parliament.

(Reporting by Lucy Hornby; Writing by Chris Buckley; Editing by Jerry Norton

(benjamin.lim@reuters.com; +8610 6627-1212; Reuters Messaging: benjamin.lim.reuters.com@reuters.net))



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