CHINA MORE INTERESTED IN TIBET SAYS SENIOR NEPALI POLICE OFFICER Kathmandu, 26 Sept.: Chinese government is interested more in Tibetan refugee issues than in security matters, Tapendra Karki writes in Rajdhani. A team of 20 officers of Nepal Poice has returned home after training in China.. Chinese security officials attempted to prove most Tibetans are not for a ’Free Tibet”. Chinese police said USA and India are attempting to spread falsehood there’s nompaeace in China,,a participant said. nnnn. EIGHTDEAD ONE WOMAN DIED INCHITWAN TUESDAYTIBET China more interested 15 CAMPS FOR FORMER MAOIST FIGHTERS TO BE CLOSED FRIDAY Kathmandu, 26 Sept.: Come Friday, makeshift cantonment s that housed former Maoist combatants will be empty, Phanindra Dahalwrites in The Kathmandu Post. The closure of the 15 camps will mark an end to the Army integration process that had dominated the political arena since the beginning of the peace process in 2006. Altogether, 28 cantonment s were set up across the country for the former PLA fighters after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed by the then Seven-Party Alliance government and the UCPN (Maoist) in November 2006. Initially, 32,250 personnel were brought in the camps by the Maoists. However, 19,602 of them were verified as combatants by UNMIN in 2007. In the integration process, more than 13,900 ex-fighters opted for voluntary retirement and left the camps with a cash package following an agreement last year. Of the 17,074 who participated in the process, 3,123 expressed willingness to join the Nepal Army. In March, the government closed 13 satellite cantonment s and the Army took over the command of the cantonment s and 3,400 weapons on April 10. The Army conducted vetting of the aspiring candidates and has selected 1,388 for integration. Test results of 75 commanders aspiring to become Army officers will be announced on Friday. Officials at the Special Committee Secretariat said combatants eligible for integration have started leaving the camps after collecting their monthly and food allowances until mid-November. The Army has asked them to report to their training centres on November 20. “This will be the last week for the remaining combatants in the cantonment s. Our work is now almost complete,” Special Committee Coordinator Balananda Sharma said. Sharma is currently at the Shaktikhor-based Third Division Headquarters in Chitwan to supervise the results and hand over voluntary retirement package to those switching their interest. The Army said that of the 1,388 combatants who passed the selection test, four decided to switch to voluntary retirement on Tuesday. Sharma said all the combatants will leave the cantonment s by Friday. However, a team of the Army will remain in camps until weapons there are ferried to Kathmandu. nnnn