A Chinese public security official says police are still searching for 88 suspects whom they believe to have been involved in the March 14th Lhasa riot in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Jiang Zaiping, the vice director of Lhasa's public security bureau, briefed on the latest development.

"We have sufficient evidence against 170 people, 82 of whom have been formally arrested, but the remaining 88 are still at large."

Jiang said of the 82 arrested, 11 had surrendered to police.

He said the absolute majority of the suspects have pled guilty, and many of them said they were cheated or pressed into the smashing, beating, looting and arson. Some turned in their collaborators.

But the official didn't give details about the evidence or legal proceedings against those arrested.

He also said 365 suspects in the riot have surrendered to police. But nearly 330 were released, because of the minor nature of their offenses and their willingness to cooperate in the police investigation.

In another development, Lhasa's municipal government has earmarked 1 million yuan, or over 140 thousand U.S. dollars, to build new homes for the 59 people whose houses were burned by mobs.

A government spokesman said he expects 10 families will be able to move into the new homes in October.