Chinese officials expressed concerns about a visit by Tibetan independence figures. Then the Speaker’s office refused to allow another event involving Tibetan monks
The B.C. Liberals are asking for a review of foreign interference at the legislature after the Chinese consulate complained about the visit of a high-profile Tibetan independence official, Postmedia News has learned.
The consulate said in an email to Postmedia News that “we were concerned about Tibetan separatist Penpa Tsering’s recent visit” to the legislature on Feb. 15. “His website boasted he was greeted by MLA and for the first time visited the local assembly, to which China is firmly opposed.” Teresa Wat, B.C. Liberal MLA for Richmond Centre, had invited a delegation of Buddhist Masters and followers to the legislature on Feb. 27 to celebrate her private member’s bill calling on the province to establish a Buddhist Culture Day in B.C.
A B.C. Liberal staffer told Postmedia after some email correspondence with Cai Dong, manager of the education office, Dong asked for a phone call. Dong, according to the staffer, asked on the March 15 call if it were possible to exclude the Tibetan monks from the subsequent event. The staffer said the issue was above his pay grade and he’d have to contact Stone, the party’s house leader.
The Speaker’s office told the Liberals and Postmedia News that the request was initially declined “due to a misunderstanding by an internal event management group, which operates in accordance with the legislative assembly’s public use of grounds policy.”
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