Pilgrim

  • Three Tibetan pilgrims were apprehended by Chinese police for stealing state secrets.

    Three Tibetan pilgrims were apprehended by Chinese police for stealing state secrets.

    As they returned from a pilgrimage, Chinese officials in Sichuan province arrested three Tibetan Buddhists, alleging they were in possession of “politically sensitive material.” On Jan. 10, while returning home to Chamdo prefecture’s Dakyab township from the enormous Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Academy in Sichuan’s Serta (in Chinese, Seda) county, Asang, Dodra, and Nortso were…