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Four Tibetan Monks Arrested and Missing Ever since

May 1, 2012 10:28 am

DHRAMSHALA: Reports coming out of Tibet say, four Tibetan monks from Kham Dragko Gochen monastery are arrested by the Chinese police and have gone missing ever since.

Tulku Lobsang Tenzin Rinpoche, Tsewang Namgyal, Thinley and Dalha were arrested by the Chinese police four days after the peaceful protest against the Chinese government on 23 January, 2012 in Dragko.

Tulku Lobsang Tenzin Rinpoche, 40, was a revered reincarnated lama while the other three were respectable monks of the monastery. All four of them were not tried in any court and were not given any sentence. Their well being and current whereabouts is unavailable.

According to a reliable source inside Tibet, one of them is reported to have been killed by Chinese police.