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Beaten to Death

August 14, 2013;

A Tibetan man, Guldrak, 29, has been beaten to death by Chinese police in Khyungchu County in Ngaba after being arrested for theft. 500 people gathered to demand information from the police, who said initially that Guldrak committed suicide, but later accepted that he died in police custody due to beatings and agreed to pay compensation. Guldrak is survived by his father Rigo, mother Mihlo, wife Szhitruk and two children.

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