28. Apr 2009
Lutsang monks sentenced, two others held
(VOT) Six monks from Lutsang monastery in Mangra (Chinese: Guinan) county, Tsolho (Chin: Hainan) TAP, Qinghai province were arrested on 10 April 2009 on unknown charges. Four of them have been given two-year jail terms each while the other two were released, reported the Oslo-based Voice of Tibet (VOT) radio service. Those sentenced were among the 109 monks arrested for marching on the county government headquarters on 25 February 2008. They were sentenced by the Mangra county court, and their names were given as Kalsang Gyatso; Soepa Gyatso; Lungtok Gyatso; and Soepa Gyatso. The date of sentencing is unknown. Meanwhile, two other monks of Lutsang monastery - Thabkhay Gyatso and Kunchok Gyatso - were reported to have been arrested by police a few days earlier.