[1. December 2011] RFA

A former monk at Tibet’s Karma monastery, the scene of a recent crackdown by Chinese security forces, set himself on fire on Thursday in protest against Chinese rule in Tibetan areas, a Tibetan source in exile said.

Karma monastery, located in the Chamdo prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), was taken over by Chinese armed police following the October 26 bombing of a nearby government building. Tenzin Phuntsog, 46, “self-immolated for the cause of Tibet near a field in Khamar township in Chamdo on the afternoon of December 1,” a Tibetan living in India said, speaking on condition of anonymity and citing sources in Chamdo. Read more