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Tibetan monks, local residents forced to watch destruction of sacred statue

January 5, 2022;

Reported by Sangyal Kunchok and Lobsang Gelek for Radio Free Asia Authorities in China’s Sichuan province last month forced Tibetan monks and other local residents to watch the demolition of a large and venerated Buddha statue following official complaints that the statue had been built too high, Tibetan sources said. Destroyed along with the 99-foot…

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