Chinese authorities in Tibet have restricted the display of photos of Ogyen Trinley Dorje , confiscating them from monks and warning drivers not to carry them in their vehicles, according to sources in the region.Ogyen Trinley Dorje, one of Tibet’s highest-ranking religious figures, escaped from Tibet into India in 2000.He has since established himself in exile, and is considered close to Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

Tibetans in Shankou, in the area of Chamdo, were ordered not to keep photos of the Karmapa Rinpoche.Earlier on, Tibetans in many parts of the country were told they are not permitted to keep photos of the Karmapa.

In the Luguk neighborhood of Lhasa, some monks had hung photos of Ogyen Trinley Dorje around their necks as amulets but police took them away .