Fetched: March 28th, 2008, 4:01am EDT
The young Buddhist monks had forced their way into the room where a foreign media contingent was being briefed by a senior official at the Jokhang Temple on Thursday and some of them told the journalists that the government was telling lies. During the nearly 15-minute dramatic scene, the monks also said that they lacked religious freedom, were troubled by the troops and the government always told lies. "The monks who disrupted the tour are not to be punished," said China.