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  • Tibetan 'Living Buddha' Phurbu Tsering Jailed by China

    01/03/2010 6:46:30 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 9 replies · 421+ views
    BBC ^ | 1/1/10
    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. Delay Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche "was charged with illegal possession of ammunition and embezzlement, but he denied all charges," lawyer Jiang Tianyong told AFP. He had been arrested on 18 May...