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Five Tibetans Detained

April 17, 2014;

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.

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