New Commissioner, Auditor General Appointed

Mr. Tashi Phuntsok, formerly the secretary of the administrative division of the Department of Security, has been appointed the Election Commissioner and Public Service Commissioner of the Central Tibetan Administration.

China’s Panchen Lama visits Tibet

The boy picked by the Chinese authorities as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama has visited Tibet’s most sacred temple, Jokhang. Gyaltsen Norbu who rates second after the Dalai Lama in Tibetan Buddhism was shown on Chinese state television being eagerly greeted by monks.