More information has emerged about the detention of Rinchen Kyi, in her 40s, one of the longest serving teachers at the renowned, Sengdruk Taktse Tibetan Middle School in Darlak county, Golog in eastern Tibet. It was earlier reported that Kyi was ill and hospitalised, it now appears that although her family was summoned to the hospital at short notice, when they arrived she was not there; they do not know where she is, and in fact it now emerges that she was never diagnosed with an illness.UK-based Tibet research and advocacy group Tibet Watch has confirmed this new information.
Tibet Watch say her family was given two minutes notice of their summons to the hospital if they wanted to see her. Five minutes later, when they arrived, they were told she had already been taken to another place and were blamed for making the officers in charge wait.
Rinchen Kyi was arrested last year for helping and providing shelter to orphan students from her school when it was forcibly shut by the Chinese authorities on July 8. The school was known for looking after students from financially disadvantaged families.
Tibet Watch’s new findings about Rinchen Kyi confirm that no one knows where she is being held. Her family of five, including her 13-year old daughter and her grandmother aged 79, has been repeatedly requesting the provincial authorities to provide information about her well-being and whereabouts.
“The shutdown of Sengdruk Taktse not only caused the disintegration of the closely-knit community of students – leaving non-local students adrift without a certainty of school admission – but has also affected teachers, who have been forbidden from sheltering orphans,” said Tibet Watch’s report.
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