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Sangyal Khar

December 16, 2014;

Sangyal Khar, 34, has died after carrying out a self-immolation protest in front of a police station in Amchok Town in the Gansu Province in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Chinese police arrived at the scene and forcibly removed him. Sangyal Khar was from Khyungri Thang Village and is survived by his two daughters, his parents are Ranglo, and Yudron. RFA has reported being told by a source speaking on condition of anonymity that Khar died “in protest against Chinese policies in Tibetan areas” and added, “We could not confirm that he died at the scene, but I heard that the Chinese took his body to Labrang [monastery], where it was cremated” . The situation remains tense with restrictions on local people’s movement and communication lines.

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