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Yonten Rabgyal, 26, who was arrested on March 13 this year in Golok Chigdril County in Qinghai province, is still in detention, whereabouts unknown. He has told a friend that he has done nothing illegal. Yonten, who comes from a poor family, may have been arrested on suspicion of sending information to exile sources. It is Yonten’s second arrest, last time he was released on payment of 5000 Yuan.
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