Another Tibetan Monk Arrested

By RADIO FREE ASIA
September 19, 2006

DELHI—Authorities in the Tibetan region of Karze in China’s southwestern Sichuan province have detained a 22-year-old monk as part of a broader crackdown on anti-Chinese sentiment, making him the eighth Buddhist monk arrested or detained there this year, Tibetan sources said.

Lobsang Palden, a monk at Karze monastery, was detained Aug. 15, sources said.

“When police raided his room in the monastery, they found several incriminating documents including photos of [Tibet’s exiled religious leader] the Dalai Lama,” a Tibetan from the region told RFA.

“Relatives learned that he was severely beaten in detention when he refused to implicate others."

Karze police officials contacted by phone refused to confirm the arrest.

Sources described Lobsang Palden as the eighth monk arrested by Chinese police in the Karze area this year, where signs of opposition to Chinese rule in the Himalayan kingdom appear to be on the rise.

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