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Monks Arrest

March 17, 2014;

Two Tibetan monks from Drilda monastery have been arrested in Sog County by Chinese authorities on March 13, reports Ngawang Tharpa, a Tibetan exile with contacts in the region. Lobsang Dhargay, 19, and Lungtok Gyaltsen, 18, had gone to Chungma town to buy groceries required for the monks during prayers. The two were held while returning from their shopping on suspicion of being involved in a graffiti reading “Tibet is an independent” on an iron bridge near the town.

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