Tibetan Shopkeeper Freed After Serving 5 Years For Dalai Lama Photo

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Tibetan Shopkeeper Freed After Serving 5 Years For Dalai Lama Photo
2020-04-06

A Tibetan shopkeeper jailed for carrying a flag with a color photo of the Dalai Lama and other Tibetan figures at a festival in 2015 was released and returned to his family in Ngaba (in Chinese, Aba) at the weekend after serving his full five-year term, sources familiar with the case told RFA.

Sonam Dhargye was released on April 4, and returned to his home in Sowa Village in Ngaba county.

“Outwardly he looks to be fine. But his family have decided to take him to the doctors for a thorough physical checkup,” said the source.

Read more at:  https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/prisoner-release-04062020211513.html

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