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China is concealing scale of flood disaster, say Tibet campaigners

Public discussion about the flash floods has been restricted, with security officials in Tibet announcing on Sunday that it had penalised at least 10 people for sharing "false disaster information".

China is concealing scale of flood disaster, say Tibet campaigners

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Public discussion about the flash floods has been restricted, with security officials in Tibet announcing on Sunday that it had penalised at least 10 people for sharing "false disaster information".

Rights group claims 300 homes were destroyed in Tibet and number of missing people is 'far higher' than Beijing admits A Tibetan advocacy group says hundreds of homes were destroyed on the Tibetan side of...

There was no further information on the nature of the penalties.

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Public discussion about the flash floods has been restricted, with security officials in Tibet announcing on Sunday that it had penalised at least 10 people for sharing "false disaster information". Rights group claims 300 homes were destroyed in Tibet and number of missing people is 'far higher' than Beijing admits A Tibetan advocacy group says hundreds of homes were destroyed on the Tibetan side of the border in last week's deadly floods, raising questions about Beijing's official account of the scale of the disaster. There was no further information on the nature of the penalties.

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Rights group claims 300 homes were destroyed in Tibet and number of missing people is 'far higher' than Beijing admits A Tibetan advocacy group says hundreds of homes were destroyed on the Tibetan side of the border in last week's deadly floods, raising questions about Beijing's official account of the scale of the disaster. There was no further information on the nature of the penalties.

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