New Arrest

22-year-old old Gyun-ne Dorjee, a monk from Dargye Choeling Monastery, is from Noru in Tsethang sub-county under Lhoka region (close to Lhasa). He was arrested around the last week of May this year after he allegedly pasted anti-Chinese posters on the walls of the county office.

During a search of the monastery, PSB officials found photographs of the Dalai Lama and some incriminating documents amongst Gyurme’s belongings. He was immediately arrested and for seven days he was kept in Lboka Dranag prison, where after he was sentenced to three years and tranferred to Drapchi prison.

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