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Another Statue Destroyed

January 7, 2022;

A second giant statue of the Buddha has been demolished in Drago County reports Tibet Watch, saying that monks and civilians have been detained and tortured for objecting to the demolition. This second statue is a three-storey high Maitreya Buddha, the Buddha of the future, which stands inside Drago Monastery. The Abbott, Treasurer and two monks, an artist and his son, all from Drago Monastery, were among those detained.

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