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section of the Criminal Code under which they have been charged as well as the
circumstances surrounding their arrest (the names are provided in the common
phonetic transliteration):
1.
Lobsang Tsultrim, aged 75
Drepung monastery
2.
Khyentse Legdrug, aged 27
(Lay name: Phurbu Tsering)
Namrab Dag monastery
3.
Ngawang Rangdrol, aged 20
Samye monastery
4.
Lobsang Yeshe, aged 26
Ganden monastery
5.
Lobsang Choejor, aged 32
(Lay name: Chunjor)
Ganden monastery
6.
Lobsang Tashi, aged 28
(Lay name: Chungdak)
Ganden monastery
7.
Lhundrub Gaden (or Kelden), aged 22
(Lay name: Tashi)
Ganden monastery
8.
Thubten Tsering, aged 64
Sera monastery
9.
Ngawang Tenzin, aged 21
(Lay name: Nyima)
Kyormolung monastery
10.
Ngawang Shenyen, aged 25
(Lay name: Phun Dorje)
Kyormolung monastery
11.
Ngawang Rabsang, aged 18
(Lay name: Norbu)
Kyormolung monastery
12.
Thubten Namdrol, aged 63
Draraludrag monastery
In addition, the Special Rapporteur’s attention was drawn to the cases of
arrest of the following members of the Christian clergy:
1.
Su Zhimin, aged 58, Roman Catholic Vicar-General of Baoding,
reportedly arrested on 17 December 1989 and sentenced on 21 May 1990 by the
Baoding City Labour Re-education Administrative Committee to three years of
re-education through labour, reportedly for taking part in the Chinese
Bishops’ Conference held in Sanyuan in November 1989. He is said to have been
accused of ’taking part in illegal activities’ and was allegedly sent to the
labour camp near Tangshan city, Hebei province.
2.
Father Francis Wang Yijun, aged 75, Vicar-General of Wenzhou,
reportedly sentenced by the Labour Re-education Administrative Committee of
Wenzhou City People’s Government to three years of re-education through labour
on 5 February 1990, the day on which he completed his eight-year prison term
because of his religious convictions. It has been alleged that the new
sentence is to run from 20 March 1990 to 19 March 1993.