New Delhi, Sep 23 (TIWN) The Nepal government has directed its security forces and intelligence agencies to keep a close watch on movements of Tibetan refugees owing to the ongoing India and China military impasse over border issues, sources said.

Further, an assessment was carried out by the Nepal Army where it clearly stated that “these refugees would pose a security threat in case of hostilities” between India and China.  Sources said the decision to keep a tab on Tibetan refugees lately was taken after China pressured Nepal to do so coupled with Tibetans being part of India’s Special Frontier Force (SFF) especially engaged in covert operations behind Chinese lines.  It was when Subedar Nyima Tenzin, a SFF officer, was killed in a military operation to occupy previously unoccupied heights in Chushul sector in eastern Ladakh in India on August 30 that the focus shifted to Tibetan refugees.  The SFF was raised by India’s Intelligence Bureau in the immediate aftermath of the 1962 China-India war.