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Tibetan 'living Buddha' Phurbu Tsering jailed by China
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8436865.stm
China has sentenced a Tibetan Buddhist lama to more than eight years in jail for "illegal possession of ammunition and embezzlement". The monk, Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche, denies all charges, his lawyer said. The man described as a Living Buddha was arrested after nuns at his temple protested against a crackdown on Tibetan Buddhism. This had followed anti-China riots that erupted in Lhasa in 2008 and spread through the Himalayan region.
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