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Trials in Chinese Monk Self-immolation Death

Trials have opened in the case of the monk who died from self-immolation in Sichuan Province, AP reports:The March 16 death of Rigzin Phuntsog, 16, was seen by fellow monks and observers as a political protest against China’s heavy-handed controls on Tibetan Buddhism and provoked a standoff between security forces and monks. Authorities accuse two monks, Tsering Tenzin and Tenchum, of plotting,