A senior Tibetan male and his son were detained in the Tibet Autonomous Area at the end of in 2015 for listening to teachings by banished spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, RFA’s Tibetan service has actually discovered.

Jampa Dorje, 75, and his son were apprehended by Chinese authorities on or around Dec. 30, 2019, in Chamdo (in Chinese, Changdu) prefecture’s Dzogang (Zuogong) county, Geshe Jampa– a Tibetan monk living in south India– informed RFA on Monday.

“[They] were detained on a charge of listening to His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s teachings on their mobile phone, and likewise for speaking to their children who are residing in exile,” Geshe Jampa stated, mentioning regional sources in Dzogang.

Jampa Dorje, likewise called Jampel, and his son are members of the Borchung Tsang family and reside in the Chinwa town of Tongpar town in Dzogang, Geshe Jampa stated, including, “The county authorities picked them up at their home in Chinwa for questioning.”

When news of the 2 men’s detention was communicated to Dorje’s children in India, “they broke down and cried in despair and disappointment,” Geshe Jampa stated.

“For fear of retaliation and worse treatment for their father in detention, his daughters are now refraining from saying anything more,” he added.

Though Chinese authorities rapidly obstructed outside interaction relate to Dorje’s family, a second source later on discovered that Dorje and his son were ultimately released after revealing “a good attitude” while in custody.

“However, the authorities also warned them that given the nature of their crime, they could have faced up to five years in jail,” the source stated, speaking on condition of privacy.

After removing the contact number of all of Dorje’s family members, the authorities required the senior villager and his son to sign a file appealing never ever to repeat “the offense of receiving their daughters’ phone calls or listening to the Dalai Lama’s teachings,” the source stated.

Concerned by Chinese leaders as an unsafe separatist, the Dalai Lama left Tibet into exile in India in the middle of a stopped working 1959 national uprising versus guideline by China, which marched into the previously independent Himalayan nation in 1950.

Shows by Tibetans of the Dalai Lama’s image or public events of his birthday and requires his return have actually been roughly penalized in the past, and authorities often browse mobile phones belonging to Tibetans for pictures of the banished spiritual leader or other politically delicate material.

Reported by RFA’s Tibetan Service. Equated by Dorjee Damdul. Composed in English by Richard Finney.

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