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Official Who Oversaw Destruction of Tibetan Buddhist Sites Reported Dead

January 19, 2024;

By Pelbar for RFA Tibetan.  A Chinese government official of Tibetan ethnicity who approved the destruction of a huge Buddha statue died after falling from the fifth floor of a mall in Chengdu, according to a statement issued by local Chinese authorities and two sources inside Tibet. Wang Dongsheng, 53, “died on the spot” after…

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