Dharamshala — A Tibetan monk detained by Chinese police while attempting to escape from Tibet to India. He was beaten, tortured and treated inhumanely for more than a month in a Chinese prison. He died four months after being released from the Chinese prison.
According to an exclusive source, a Tibetan monk named A Zin (ཨ་འཛིན), a monk from Pasho monastery in Pasho County, Kham, eastern Tibet, died as a result of torture and beatings by Chinese police while trying to escape to a free country to escape China's cruel policies and tight control in Tibet.
“A Zen was a monk and treasurer of Tulkul Ngawang Trinley of Pasho Monastery in Pasho County, Kham, Eastern Tibet. He sought to escape the cruel policies of the Chinese government in Tibet and the hardships faced by Tibetans, and fled to India in 2004. Unfortunately, he was arrested by the Chinese police on the way”, Dolma, a member of the monk's family, told TPI.
The source added: “The Chinese police brutally beat and tortured him, interrogating him on many subjects, even though he answered them truthfully, but the Chinese tortured him inhumanely for more than a month in detention, his health deteriorated after the severe torture, and then he was released”.
“After his release from prison, he was in a serious condition and his family took him to hospital. The doctor examined him and told the family that his liver was damaged and he needed immediate medical treatment. His family and relatives treated him in several hospitals, but they were unable to cure him and he died in hospital, after four months release from the detention”, Dolma told TPI.
A Zen studied at the Pasho Monastery and then became treasurer of Tulkul Ngawang Trinley of the Pasho Monastery, a Geluk monastery in the Pasho region of Kham, founded in 1473 by Lhopa Gyeltsen Sengge, a disciple of Tsongkhapa.
Tibetans who attempt to flee the lack of human rights in Tibet, the lack of opportunities to learn the Tibetan language and culture, and the Chinese government's oppressive policies in Tibet, if captured by Chinese police, are often imprisoned for years, enduring brutal torture and beatings.
A Tibetan in India who had escaped from prison in China shared his experiences with TPI. He had been arrested while attempting to flee to a country where he would be free. He said that he and his fellow inmate were forced to work from morning to evening, while the food provided offered little food. They are often beaten and tortured in the evening without reason, which has become somewhat of a routine occurrence.
The lucky ones were able to escape Tibet by enduring many hardships; when they arrived in Nepal, their faces, hands and feet became unrecognisable, in particular their hands and feet froze while crossing the snow-covered Himalayas, they had to cut off their hands and feet, and some of their fingers fell ill for long periods. The unfortunate people died in the snow or got lost in the snow crossing the Himalayas.
