Dharamsala, March 28 (IANS): Chinese military units have withdrawn from Tibet 's main city Lhasa , the Tibetan government-in-exile said here Friday.

"Military units that were brought in specifically to suppress the Tibetan demonstrations in Lhasa were withdrawn at 3 p.m. Wednesday," said the spokesman of the Tibetan government-in-exile.

"But the Public Security Bureau (PSB) and other law enforcement agencies (that are permanently stationed in Lhasa ) continue to remain."

The Chinese government has said 22 people were killed in the violence in Tibet earlier this month, but the Tibetan government-in-exile has said it confirmed the deaths of about 140 people, many of them Tibetans shot by Chinese police.