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Lawmakers call for tough response to ‘pirate’ attack

Saturday, 11 May 2013 11:03 Taipei Times

Members of the Democratic Progressive Party caucus talk during a press conference at the legislature yesterday about the Taiwanese fisherman who was killed on Thursday when a Philippine government vessel fired at a Taiwanese fishing boat.
Photo: CNA

Lawmakers across party lines said yesterday that the government should stand tough in dealing with a Philippine attack on a Taiwanese fishing vessel and provide better protection for the country’s fishing boats.

Fisherman Hung Shih-cheng (洪石成), 65, was shot dead on Thursday after a Philippine Coast Guard vessel fired at the fishing boat he was working on about 164 nautical miles (304km) off the southern coast of Taiwan.

‘Without independence Tibet will be annihilated,’ a self-immolator’s last words

Friday, 10 May 2013 08:53 Phayul.com

Tibetan self-immolator Phagmo Dhondup in an undated photo.

DHARAMSHALA, May 9: More than two months after Tibetan self-immolator Phagmo Dhondup set himself on fire, details of a conversation he had with a friend before he set himself on fire, has come out.

According to Kunsang Rinzin, a Tibetan living in south India, Phagmo Dhondup went to a restaurant with a friend before his self-immolation protest and left a message for Tibet’s independence and freedom.

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Namlha Tsering, 49, sets himself on fire in Sangchu region of Labrang, eastern Tibet on February 17, 2013.

DHARAMSHALA, February 17: In reports just in, another Tibetan set himself on fire today in the Labrang region of eastern Tibet protesting China’s continued occupation of Tibet.

Namlha Tsering, 49, carried out his fiery protest at around 5:40 pm (local time) in Sangchu region of Labrang. His current condition is not known although sources say chances of his survival are minimal.

Photos received by Phayul show Namlha Tsering sitting cross-legged in the middle of a street even as high flames are rising from his body. In another photo he is seen fallen on his back with fire still leaping from his body.