Tibetan hate crime? Chinese employer kills Tibetan employee in France

Paris, Jul 16: A Tibetan man named Tsultrim was allegedly stabbed to death by his Chinese employer at a restaurant in northern France on Monday (Jul 11). According to a Tibet advocacy group, this death has also raised questions regarding the status of Tibetans in Western countries, and how livelihood compels them to take up menial jobs.

 

 

 

 

The Tibetan community in France is enraged at the brutal murder in the French town Saint-Leonard, which has since led to outcry and grief among the community. Multiple videos surfaced online on Thursday (Jul 14) of people vandalizing the Chinese restaurant where the Tibetan man died. Dharamshala-based advocacy group Tibet Rights Collective (TRC) said the windows were broken, and a car outside the restaurant was turned over in the videos circulated widely on social media platforms.

 

 

 

 

 

Tenzin Namgyal, an activist for Independent Tibet from Paris said "The accused Chinese employer does not have a very good reputation with Tibetans; he had previously employed a few Tibetans who claimed that they were sacked unreasonably within a week. In the case of deceased, he had just started working at the same Chinese restaurant only a few days back."

 

A local Tibetan group has organized a peace march on Sunday (Jul 17) in Paris from Place de la Bastille to Republique in the memory of the deceased and to show solidarity with the victim's family. Later on Monday, another march will take place in Saint-Leonard.