Paltop, age unknown, a Tibetan businessman, has been released from jail after completing his six-year sentence. He returned to a warm welcome in his hometown Palyul in Kardze. Paltop was detained in 2009 after conducting a juniper-burning ceremony before a portrait of HH the Dalai Lama. He is strongly devoted to the cause of the Tibetan people and known for supporting the Dalai Lama’s wishes.