Troops patrolling Tibetan town in China following violence
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The official Chinese state media, Xinhua News Agency was quoted as saying that the Chinese authorities arrested 95 Tibetans who protested against the Chinese government, in the aftermath of a Tibetan monk who committed suicide by drowning himself into Machu River (Yellow River) on 21 March 2009.
According to the information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy from various sources stated that the monk Tashi Sangpo, 28, plunged into Machu River and drowned himself out of sheer desperation and frustration. He hailed from Gyulgho Township, (Ch: Lajong), Machen County, Golog "Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture" ("TAP"), Qinghai Province.
Tashi Sangpo was detained in a local police station since 10 March 2009 after political pamphlets and a banned Tibetan National flag were seized from his room on 21 March 2009. Somewhere around 3.30 PM (Beijing Time), he was permitted to visit a toilet, and it was at that time he drowned himself into Machu River as an act of extreme sign of defiance and desperation.
According to the information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy from various sources stated that the monk Tashi Sangpo, 28, plunged into Machu River and drowned himself out of sheer desperation and frustration. He hailed from Gyulgho Township, (Ch: Lajong), Machen County, Golog "Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture" ("TAP"), Qinghai Province.
Tashi Sangpo was detained in a local police station since 10 March 2009 after political pamphlets and a banned Tibetan National flag were seized from his room on 21 March 2009. Somewhere around 3.30 PM (Beijing Time), he was permitted to visit a toilet, and it was at that time he drowned himself into Machu River as an act of extreme sign of defiance and desperation.
