From RFA:
The head of a large Buddhist monastery in Chinese-run Tibet has been forced to step down after he refused to sign documents condemning the Dalai Lama, the monk and a local official have told Radio Free Asia (RFA).
“I spoke out loudly and refused to sign. I declared that I will not sign even at the cost my life, or risk of imprisonment, [or] death in a court,” Khenpo Tsanor, 70, the head of Dungkyab monastery in Gade county [in Chinese, Gande] in Golog Tibetan Prefecture, Qinghai province, told RFA’s Tibetan service. He said he officially stepped down in mid-May.
“I saw the government documents It was written that the Dalai Lama should be thoroughly criticized and his splittist behavior should be condemned,” he said. [Full Text]
See also China says state owns Tibetan religious relics by Reuters and Tibet to increase funding for relics protection by Xinhua.
