Soepa, 21, a Tibetan writer and blogger, was arrested on a bus near his native Meruma township in Ngaba County. It is assumed his arrest is linked to articles and essays published on his blog: a recent post pays tribute to Tsepey who self-immolated last week. Soepa is a creative writing student at the Northwest University for Nationalities in Lanzhou, and has organised debates on freedom of speech during vacations.