China scorns Dalai Lama ‘poison plot’

China has accused the Dalai Lama of being deceitful after he reportedly alleged that Chinese agents trained Tibetan women to assassinate him by planting poison in their hair for him to touch during blessings.

The Chinese foreign ministry yesterday said the Tibetan spiritual leader’s allegations, reported this weekend, were not worth refuting, but added that he generally spreads false information.

“The Dalai always wears religious clothes while carrying out anti-China separatist activities in the global community, spreading false information and deceiving the public,” spokesman Hong Lei said.

The Global Times scorned the allegations saying if China had wanted to kill the Dalai Lama it could have done so any time.