MARCH 10 TIBETAN DEMONSTRATOR RELEASED

C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 000569 SIPDIS GENEVA FOR RMA LONDON FOR POL/RIEDEL BEIJING PASS CHENGDU E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/17/2012 TAGS: PREF PHUM PREL NP SUBJECT: MARCH 10 TIBETAN DEMONSTRATOR RELEASED REF: KATHMANDU 507 Classified By: A/DCM Michael S. Hoza (C) The ethnic Tibetan activist detained at a March 10 demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy (Reftel) was released by Nepal's police March 14. The man, who goes by the single name Yonten, alleged that police beat him while taking him into custody, but reported that he was not mistreated while in jail. MALINOWSKI