Chinese authorities arrest another monk from Kirti Monastery [Thursday, 12 May 2011, 2:50 p.m.]

Lobsang Rinchen

DHARAMSHALA:
Lobsang Rinchen, a 21-year-old monk of Kirti Monastery in Ngaba has
been arrested from his residential quarter on 9 May. He is a native of
Tsamring Tsang house in pastoral division no.2 of Me’uruma township in
Ngaba.“He was arrested and taken away by Ngaba prefecture state
security and public security officers to an unknown place without
giving any proper reasons for his custody,” Lobsang Yeshe and Kanyag
Tsering, monks at Kirti Monastery in Dharamshala told TibetNet website.”Monasteries and communities in Ngaba, especially Kirti monastery, is being kept under tight restrictions,” they said. “The
campaign for patriotic re-education is underway at the monastery and
the residents of monks are under overt surveillance. The movements of
monks are being watched over the electronic devices placed in every
corner of the house,” they added.