China has issued a statement to 16 districts in Karze, defending the execution of Tibetan activist Lobsang Thondup last week. The statement says Lobsang Thondup is a criminal who carried out a series of explosions in Schewan province and he has hurt not only the security of the country, but also impeded the economic progress of the country. The statement says Tenzin Deleg Rincpoche was the one who motivated Lobsang Thondup to carry out those explosions. Tenzin Deleg Rincpoche was also sentence d to death with a two-year suspension.