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Surveillance in Monastery

February 18, 2022;

A Chinese police surveillance unit has been installed at the Palyul Thartang Gonchen Monastery in Golog, Amdo [Ch: Qinghai] reports Radio Free Asia, saying this is “apparently for the first time” this has happened inside a Buddhist monastery. A surveillance police unit had previously been operating outside the monastery. Monks are now being “scrutinised” in their “daily activities” and a tracking app has been installed on their mobile phones.

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