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Singer/Producer Sentenced

December 2, 2014;

A Tibetan singer in Tibet has been sentenced to over two years in jail and fined 50,000 yuan (US $8,130) by the Chengdu Chinese People’s Intermediate Court for producing “politically sensitive” DVDs. Pema Rinzin, 44, turned producer after a successful singing career. Among the songs he produced were “In Memory of Tibet” and “Tears,” which have been banned. Pema Rinzin disappeared after his arrest in May last year until his sentence this week.

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