인도에 사는 16세 티벳 소년이 중국의 티벳 통치를 항의하며 분신(焚身)한지 사흘만에 사망해 안타까움을 주고 있다.
뉴욕타임스는 4일 인터넷 속보로 도르제 츠링(16)이 지난 1일 인도 데흐라둔에서 몸에 불을 붙인 후 "자유 티벳(Free Tibet)‘“을 외친 후 병원에 실려갔지만 사흘만에 숨졌다고 보도했다.
사프다르중 병원의 프남 드한다 대변인은 "환자가 전신의 95%에 화상을 입은 채 실려 왔다"고 말했다.
지난 2일 민주당 대선후보 힐러리 클린턴이 미네소타에서 티벳독립운동 단체인 티벳국민회의(TNC) 대표와 대화하면서 분신한 도르제의 사진을 들어보여 세인의 관심을 모은 바 있다.
한편 자유아시아방송은 "티벳 소식통에 따르면 도르제는 전날 부모에게 티벳을 위한 일을 하고 싶다면 분신을 예고하는 말을 했다. 그는 병원에 실려온 후 '부모님이 내가 (분신을) 하면 죽어버리겠다고 만류(挽留)했지만 조국을 위해 내 한 몸을 바치기로 했다. 달라이 라마 성하가 부디 티벳이 자유롭게 되는 그날까지 만수무강하시길 빈다'는 말을 남겼다"고 보도했다.
도르제는 지난 일주일사이에 분신으로 사망한 두번째 티벳인이다. 지난달 29일엔 18세의 티벳 승려 칼상 왕두가 중국 쓰촨성에서 티벳의 독립을 요구하며 분신했다. 지난 2009년이후 중국내 티벳 지역에서 몸에 불을 붙이며 항의하는 사건이 꼬리를 물고 있다.
티벳국민회의는 페이스북에 추모 사진과 함께 "도르제는 티벳을 위해 희생한 151번째 티벳인"이라고 밝혔다.
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Tibetan in India Dies Days After Setting Himself on Fire to Protest China
Mr. Dorjee was the second Tibetan this week to die after self-immolation. On Monday, an 18-year-old Tibetan monk, Kalsang Wangdu, set himself afire in the Chinese province of Sichuan, the first such episode in a Tibetan area of China since August. Since 2009, more than 140 Tibetans have self-immolated in Tibetan regions of China to protest Beijing’s rule.
Meanwhile, a young Tibetan student living in India set himself on fire on Monday to protest China’s rule in Tibetan areas after telling his parents he hoped to do something “for the cause of Tibet,” a Tibetan source in exile told RFA.
Dorje Tsering, 16, set himself ablaze near a housing complex for elderly Tibetans in Dehra Dun at about 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 29, RFA’s source, housing complex staff member Lobsang Tsultrim, said.
“He was severely injured in the fire, and was quickly moved to the Safdurjung hospital in Delhi,” Tsultrim said.
“He is reported to have suffered burns over 95 percent of his body,” he said.
Tsering had previously hinted at his coming protest, asking his parents if they would be happy if he was able to do something for the cause of Tibet, Tsultrim said.
“Yesterday, he did exactly what he said he would do,” he added.
“I did discuss my intentions with my parents, who told me they would kill themselves if I did this,” Tsering said from his hospital bed, speaking in a video.
“[But] I have the will to do something for the Tibetan cause and thought that I could sacrifice this body for the Tibetan cause,” he said.
“I want His Holiness the Dalai Lama to live long and for Tibet to achieve its independence,” he said.
Tsering’s protest “was a sign of how deep and sustained opposition to Chinese rule remains [even] among Tibetans outside Tibet,” London-based Free Tibet director Eleanor Byrne-Rosengren said in a statement Tuesday.
“Whether inside or outside the country, young Tibetans feel the sense of injustice and are driven to act because of it,” she said.
Reported by Yangdon Demo for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Karma Dorjee. Written in English by Richard Finney.
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