Radio Free Asia has reported that police in Tibet shot and killed a monk who had demanded medical compensation after being beaten in custody in Machen County, Qinghai Province.
“The shooting is said to have occurred at the Darlag (in Chinese, Dari) County police station after a group of monks including She Tse went there to demand compensation for medical expenses they incurred as a result of being beaten in custody, the sources said. Golok Topden Monastery is located in a traditionally Tibetan area under the administration of China’s western Qinghai Province. ‘They went back to the police station and demanded compensation for medical expenses since the monks had to go to hospital for treatment,’ one witness said. ‘The Khenpo [abbott] She Tse went to police, but in the tension the police officer shot She Tse and killed him,’ the same witness said. ‘Several others are injured.’ Several officials who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed the shooting incident but declined to give details or say whether it was under investigation. Other sources reported that tensions in the area had calmed in recent days.”
A Reuters report is here. Thanks to Ellen Sander for alerting us to this story.
