On February 13, Mario Otero, US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Affairs, arrived in Kathmandu for a round of talks. And on the same day the Nepali police forced Chushi Gangdruk to abruptly end its elections to the dismay of local Tibetan refugees. By design or accident, the police action provided an opportunity to the American official to know and hear first hand the problems of the Tibetan refugees, who continue to stream into the Himalayan…