13. May 2009
Three Tibetans jailed, charges unknown
(TibetanReview.net; VOT) Three Tibetan youths have been sentenced to jail terms of three and four years in Dzoege (Chin: Ruo'ergai) county in Ngaba (Chin: Aba) TAP in Sichuan province on 07 May 2009, according to a report by the Oslo-based Voice of Tibet (VOT) radio station on 10 May. The exact charges they were detained under are unknown but they are thought to be politically related. Two brothers Jampel and Lama, from the Chashang Taringtsang family, were jailed for four years each, and Namkho, from the Chashang Kyajigtsang family, received three years.