A 36-year old monk, Kelsang Gyatso, of the Labrang TashiKhyil Monastery has been arrested by the police on 13 April 2009. Kelsang was part of the group of monks who defiantly briefed a state managed media tour to the area on 9 April 2008.
Kelsang was lifted by a group of police officers waiting in a vehicle while he was travelling from Labrang to Martsoed City in the morning of 13 April 2009. His current whereabout is unknown. Two monks, Thabkhey and Tsundue of Labrang Monastery who were also part of the monks briefing the media tour last year and who dissappeared soon after the daring act are still reported to be missing.