Tenzin Lhundrup, an accomplished Buddhist scholar and senior Tibetan monk, was arrested in May in Shagchu Town in the restive Driru County in Kham. Tenzin Lhundrup is known for his contribution to his local Tibetan communities and for advocating the need to preserve Tibetan identity. His followers and family have no knowledge of his whereabouts and his arrest and disappearance appear to be linked to the crackdown in Driru.