Thupgah, Gadey, Kyamo and Jamyang, four Tibetan landowners from Barchung village in Tromthar Township in Palyul County in the Tibetan province of Kham, have been arrested. They had led recent protests by Tibetans against the administration, and their arrest is connected with their refusal to sell land to a Chinese mining firm. Another Tibetan named Golhoe has been beaten up “severely”.