Two Tibetan monks and three laymen have been arrested in Sog. “Monk Tendar was detained on suspicion of his involvement in the appearance of Tibet independence-related writings on an iron bridge in Trido town in Sog,” Rinchen, a native of Sog living in India, told Radio Free Asia. Khenpo Khedup, suspected of offering prayers for self-immolators, was arrested from Menda town in Chamdo on April 13. The reasons for the others’ detentions are not known: Phurba; Trindu and Dadak.