(TibetanReview.net, Sep30’22) – The Madras High Court in the south Indian state Tamil Nadu has quashed a case registered against 9 students from Tibet who were alleged to have protested against Chinese President Xi Jinping during the latter’s visit to the city of Chennai in 2019, reported newswaali.com Sep 29. The Oct 2019 visit saw Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting with Xi in the coastal town of Mamallapuram. Tibetan college students studying in Chennai protested against the visit, leading to the eventual arrest of nine of them on allegations of unlawful assembly and protest, said the newswaali.com report. Following it, the nine Tibetan youths, including one named Tenzing Lupchung, approached the Madras High Court, seeking to quash the case. Trial judge Justice RN Manjula has dismissed the case against the nine Tibetan students following the high court ruling.

Source: Mint September 30, 2022 17:13 UTC