Rachung Gendun, a monk from Kriti monastery in Ngaba county in Tibet was sentenced to three years, charged with offering prayer donations to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and to Kirti Rinpoche who is based in India, reports Radio Free Asia. He is being held in Menyang prison near Chengdu; he was detained on April 1, 2021, his family was informed after three months. He had opposed China’s patriotic re-education programmes.