China, on Sunday, detained 9 Buddhist monks on charges that they had bombed a government office building in east Tibet on March 23, 2008. Though there were no causalities suffered in the bombings, but Xinhua, the news agency which reported the matter failed to explain why it did not report the matter earlier.

 

However an official, on the request of being anonymous, said that six monks who have been detained had planted the bombs and the rest three had covered up their crimes. It is to be noted that there is world wide protests against the Chinese policies on Tibet and the Olympic Torch Relay has also suffered at the hands of the protestors in several parts of the world. China meanwhile has accused the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and his supporters that they want to over throw the Chinese rule in Tibet and interrupt the Beijing Olympics.

 

Meanwhile many countries have also expressed their displeasure against the Chinese policies and the US has asked China to open dialogues with the Dalai Lama to solve the crisis. Chinese President, Hu Jintao said on Saturday that Tibet is an internal matter of China, and the violence threatens the sovereignty of China.