On Oct. 14, Geshe Tsultrim Gyatso of Amdo Ditsa Monastery was detained in the Tsolho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai province.Gyatso, 40, had been the chief administrator of Ditsa Monastery for a decade and also served for many years as a teacher in various Tibetan schools in the area.Separately, a 36-year-old monk named Lodroe from Ngaba’s Kirti monastery was detained.His current whereabouts are unknown.Ngaba has recently been rocked by a wave of self-immolation protests against rule by Beijing.Chinese security officials are now on “24-hour watch” in Ngaba township.
Security personnel are visiting each and every family in Ngaba and warning them not to carry out acts of self-immolation.
They say that the parents of protesters will be held responsible if such incidents happen again.