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Self-immolator identified as Kirti monk Lobsang Tsultrim

Wednesday, 08 August 2012 08:08 Phayul.com
Kirti monk Lobsang Tsultrim in a photo taken in 2009. (Photo/Kirti Monastery)
Kirti monk Lobsang Tsultrim in a photo taken in 2009. (Photo/Kirti Monastery)

DHARAMSHALA, August 7: The Tibetan who self-immolated yesterday in Ngaba, eastern Tibet has been identified as 21-year-old Lobsang Tsultrim, a monk at the Kirti Monastery.

In a release today the exile seat of the Kirti Monastery in Dharamshala said Lobsang Tsultrim set himself on fire at around 5.05 pm (local time) yesterday.

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Breaking: A Tibetan woman burns self to death, Second self-immolation in two days

Wednesday, 08 August 2012 08:05 Phayul.com
A Tibetan woman identified as Dolkar seen here with her hands clasped in prayer, after she set herself on fire near the Tsoe Monastery in Kanlho, eastern Tibeton August 7, 2012.
A Tibetan woman identified as Dolkar seen here with her hands clasped in prayer, after she set herself on fire near the Tsoe Monastery in Kanlho, eastern Tibeton August 7, 2012.

DHARAMSHALA, August 7: Latest reports coming out of Tibet indicate that a Tibetan woman set herself on fire today in an apparent protests against China’s continued occupation of Tibet.

Tibetan media outlets are identifying the Tibetan woman as Dolkar, around 26 years of age. She is believed to have succumbed to her injuries.

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Newsflash

Supporters of former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) and his family are descending on Greater Taichung to protest a hospital checkup today for Chen’s wife, former first lady Wu Shu-jen (吳淑珍).

The checkup, to be conducted at Pei Teh Hospital — a part of Taichung Prison — will determine whether she is fit to serve the prison sentence of 17-and-a-half years she received for taking bribes and laundering the money.