Meng Jianzhu, the minister of public security, ordered Tibet’s security forces to remain on alert for further unrest and said “patriotic education” campaigns would be strengthened in monasteries, according to the Tibet Daily newspaper.

“The Dalai clique refuses to give up their evil designs, and even in their death throes are planning new acts of sabotage,” Meng was quoted as saying Monday during a visit to Lhasa, referring to the Dalai Lama and his supporters.

Meng was the first high-level central government official to visit since protests began in the Tibetan capital on March 10, the anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule.

In Aba, another Sichuan county, Xinhua said 381 people involvedin protests had surrendered to police as of Monday.