Sherkyab, 20, a Tibetan monk, has been taken into custody by police in western China’s Sichuan province. During his lone protest Sherkyab shouted slogans and scattered leaflets in Serthar town in Ngaba, calling for Tibetan freedom and the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet. He was taken to an unknown location by a number of police officers who arrived on the scene.