17 July 2008
Tibetan nomad sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for “splittism”
Kalgyam Adak, the nephew of Runggye Adak, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment, by the Dartsedo (Chin: Kangding) People's Court in Kardze TAP in Sichuan province, according to reports by the Free Tibet Campaign (FTC). Adak was sentenced for "inciting splittism", according to FTC sources. Kalgyam was arrested on 03 October 2007, during a 'patriotic education' campaign in Lithang county following the arrest of Runggye Adak, in August 2007. The arrest had led to large-scale protests by nomads in the area. Another of Runggye Adak's nephews, Adak Lupoe, a senior monk at Lithang monastery and Jamyang Kunkhyen, a musician and teacher, were sentenced to ten and nine years respectively. A fourth Tibetan, Jarib Lothog, was sentenced to three years in prison, and Runggye Adak received eight years.