Mar 22 2009
Where is Tashi Sangpo?
photo by wokar.net
He was arrested in China for having paraphernalia in his room - Tibetan paraphernalia. Earlier this month he helped to take down a Chinese national flag and replace it with a Tibetan one at the prayer hall of his monastery. According to the Central Tibetan Administration he committed suicide by jumping into the Yellow River to avoid being arrested. Tashi himself was a Tibetan monk from the Tagya monastery. He was only 27. The Chinese police claim that he disappeared after he asked to use the bathroom, and they have no idea where he went. Tashi Sangpo’s death was enough to incite a riot. Around 4,000 monks and supporters gathered outside the police station in western China, shouting out for Tibetan independence and for the Dalai Lama.
Nearly 100 were arrested or surrendered today, and now face Chinese interrogation, which traditionally involves violence against Tibetan detainees. Meanwhile, another man has died because of Chinese oppression - the nation that holds all the cards today as the entire world is competing for Chinese loans.
