Buruna Rinpoche, is also known as Tulku Phurbu Tsering, the spiritual teacher of a community of nuns and a senior religious figurehead has been freed from Mianyang Prison near Chengdu in Sichuan where he has been held since 2009 for resisting political reeducation campaigns at his monastery. RFA reports that his health is uncertain as he has been tortured in jail and subject to a poor diet.