The Dalai Lama's speech at the European Parliament (EP) general assembly once again revealed his true nature of not being a mere religious fellow but a politician-in-exile under the robe of Buddhism who engages himself with activities aimed at splitting the motherland.

Foreign Affairs Committee of China's National People's Congress ( NPC) made the remarks in a statement issued on Saturday concerning Dalai Lama's Speech at the EP general assembly.

Profuse in hypocrisy, his speech is prepared with much thought of trying to deceive and hoodwink the international community by means of concocting lies, confounding right and wrong and turning things upside down so as to win sympathy and support and fan up unfavorable sentiment against China, the statement said.

He dishonestly claimed that he was "not an expert in political science" so that he made the address "as a simple Buddhist monk" and that he believed in and sought for "democracy", "freedom" and "humility" and advocated "tolerance, forgiveness" so on and so forth, the statement said.

But under the coverage of the beautiful veil, he obstinately holds onto his consistent position of "Tibetan independence", alleging quite astonishingly that Tibet is "an occupied country" where "immense destruction and human suffering inflicted on the people of Tibet", where "serious violations of human rights are widespread", and its culture and national identity "are facing the threat of extinction", it said.

Accusing the central government for having refused to engage him for talks, he appealed for international attention and support, the statement said, noting that from the above one can easily tell the intention and the ulterior motives Dalai harbors to split the motherland.

(Xinhua News Agency October 28, 2001)