Former Ragya Monastery abbot Lobsang Tenpa sentenced to five years in prison

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 20: Lobsang Tenpa, also known as Tenpa Gyatso, a former abbot of Ragya Monastery in Amdo, has reportedly been sentenced to five years in prison following his re-arrest by Chinese security personnel and transferred to a prison in Xining, Qinghai Province, according to Tibet Times, a Dharamshala-based Tibetan media outlet. The charges against him have not been disclosed.

According to the report, security personnel from the Public Security Bureau in Machen County, Golog Prefecture, posted a notice in Chinese on the door of his monastic quarters on 5 August, during the monastery’s summer retreat, prohibiting entry. His whereabouts and the circ...

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