By: AUDRA ANG, Associated Press BEIJING - Activists wrapped in Tibetan flags laid down in Tiananmen Square Saturday in defiance of heavy security surrounding the heart of Beijing for the Olympic Games. Lhadon Tethong, a Canadian-Tibetan activist and executive director of the New York-based Students for a Free Tibet, says demonstrators "were calling for an end to the Chinese government's occupation in Tibet." She identified one of the five protesters as 24-year-old Chris Schwartz of Montreal. John Hocevar, a member of the group who was videotaping the protest, says the activists were led away by men who appeared to be plainclothes security agents. Police at the Beijing Public Security Bureau and Tiananmen Square police stations would not comment. The action came a day after three Americans from the group were detained while...
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