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Second Monk Detained

September 12, 2016;

Lobsang Sherab, 35, a second monk living at Thangkor Sockstang monastery in Ngaba, has been detained along with Gedun Drakpa, reports Radio Free Asia. Sherab’s room mates were threatened at gunpoint when he was detained, the police forcing one them to the ground and injuring him. It is 17 days since Sherab and Drakpa’s detention and there is no word on their whereabouts.

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