Former Qinghai monastery abbot jailed over Dalai Lama prayers, photos, teachings

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(TibetanReview.net, Oct19’26) – China has jailed a former abbot of a major Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Machen (Chinese: Main) County of Golog (Guoluo) Prefecture, Qinghai province, for five years after arresting him for possessing photos and audio-visual materials on Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in his monastic residence during a police raid in Aug 2026, said the Tibetan language tibettimes.net Oct 17, citing an informed source. This was stated to have followed his second arrest.

The Central Tibetan Administration (Tibet.net) said Oct 19 that the senior Tibetan Buddhist master was stated to have been jailed for performing long-life prayers for the Dalai Lama.

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