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Chinese police have beaten a monk to death for possessing recordings of speeches by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and for his stance on Tibet’s independence. The deceased monk was Kaldo, a monk at the Chamdo Monastery, Tibet. Kaldo was beaten to death on 28 April. According to reports, he refused to sign a letter as ordered by the Chinese, writing instead: ‘Tibet is independent’on the paper.
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