The Chinese authorities in Takthak Township in Dharlak County, Golog, have offered a fair sum of bribe money to the Tibetan family of 22-year-old Karmey to stay silent about his untimely death, according to news portal Phayul. The young Tibetan was beaten to death by the Chinese authorities following a clash between the local Tibetans and the authorities on December 7 because the Tibetans voted for a candidate of their choice instead of a candidate favored by the authorities for a local office.
Karmeys body was returned to his family members with a compensation of 10,000 Chinese Yuan (US $ 1,607). When this happened, a settlement of another 70,000 Chinese Yuan (US $ 11,250) as well as a monthly payment of an undisclosed amount was promised to Karmey’s parents during a meeting between his family members and the County authorities. Sources reveal that the government has also promised to build a house for the family.
The incident brings to light the ongoing practice of Chinese authorities offering money to Tibetans for allegiance. In the past in 2012, the Chinese authorities offered a bribe of one million Chinese Yuan (US $ 158,599) to the family of a Tibetan self-immolator named Sangay Gyatso. In 2013, Dolma Kyab, the husband of Tibetan self-immolator Kunchok Wangmo, was sentenced to death for allegedly killing his wife after he rejected a bribe offer by the Chinese authorities to state that his wife self-immolated owing to family disputes and not in protest to Chinas rule.
Another recent incident has been the murder of a Tibetan chief named Bachen Gyalwa (Also known as Ngawang Monlam), a respected advocate of Tibetan education and culture. Bachen was killed on December 21 by the Chinese authorities in Driru County after being arrested earlier and removed from his post to make way for a government-approved village head.
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