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Husband Arrested

June 16, 2015;

The husband of 36-year-old Sangye Tso who died after setting herself on fire last month near Tashi Choekhorling monastery has been arrested. Tamding Wangyal and his wife Sangye owned businesses in Chone County. Their two children are staying with their grandfather. Three Tibetan monks from the monastery, Samten Gyatso, Lobsang Samten and Thinlay Gyatso, have also been arrested but it is not clear if their arrest in connected with Sangye’s self-immolation.

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