Nepali government clarifies security policy related to Olympic torch lighting
23/4/2008 17:31
The Ministry of Home Affairs of Nepal yesterday said appropriate security
measures have been taken to prevent any kind of protest activities from taking
place on the Nepalese territory in connection with China's lighting of the
Olympic torch on Mount Himalaya.
The Ministry stated in a press release that
its attention has been drawn towards some of the media dissemination of
fabricated and exaggerated news reports that the security personnel have been
issued the shoot-at-sight order, in the context of the Nepali government's
making of appropriate arrangements to prevent unauthorized anti-China activities
from taking place on the Nepalese soil.
The Home Ministry said strong
security has been tightened to stringently control anti-China activities and
that it has urged the media to disseminate news reports about this without
distortion.
Xinhua
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