28. Jan 2010
Four Tibetans sentenced in Sog county
(Phayul) A court in Sog (Chin: Suo) county, Nagchu (Chin: Nagqu) prefecture, TAR, has sentenced four Tibetans to prison terms of up to three years, a Tibetan from Nagchu living in Dharamsala has told Phayul. Yeshi Jinpa, a monk from Sog Tsenden monastery has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment; Tenzin Dhargay received three years. Both men were arrested at the Jhokhang Temple, Lhasa's central temple, on 02 December 2009. Norbu Sangpo and a 48 year-old nun Choedon, who were taking food to Jinpa and Dhargay at the temple have been sentenced to a year in prison. All four were arrested on the same day.