25. Mar 2009
Tibetan writer-photographer arrested in Gansu Province
(TCHRD) TCHRD reports that a Tibetan monk was arrested by the Chinese authorities at Labrang monastery charged with allegedly writing political essays on Tibet for a website named 'Jottings' (Tib: Zin-dris) in Gansu Province. Kunga Tsayang was arrested by the PSB during a midnight raid on Labrang Monastery, in Sangchu (Chin: Sangqu) county, Gannan TAP, Gansu province. Kunga Tsayang is a writer, essayist, chronicler and an amateur photographer who writes under the pen name 'Sun of Snowland' (Tib: Gang-Nyi).