I'd like to pledge before the subcommittee and request... The situation is desperate in Tibet. Tibet continues to suffer against the repressive Chinese policies and occupation. I'd like to pledge that if the Canadian Parliament and each country in the world could investigate what is happening within Tibet.... As you see, China actually stopped issuing visas to tourists altogether, and they're not able to come in and look into the situation inside Tibet.
Tibetan people are very peaceful people. They do not wish to harm anybody. That's the reason there are a lot of self-immolations.
There are other ways to propagate our cause. One could be like the people in the world who have actually carried out terrorist acts and bombed a whole province or district. We Tibetans are very peaceful. We do not wish to do that. The only way to actually get the world to pledge to look into Tibet's situation is to take our own lives.