Dharamsala, August 9 – Chinese authorities in Sertha County have sentenced 2 Tibetans to two and half years’ imprisonment on July 30 this year, according to the Voice of Tibet radio service. Kalden and Sonam Topden were arrested on May 16 this year. Chinese police nabbed them as they were pasting leaflets containing demands for Tibetan freedom and return of the Dalai Lama. The duo had thrown hundreds of leaflets into the air before getting arrested.
Two other Tibetans, Galug and Wangchuk, from Jomda County in Dege were sentenced to varying prison terms for defying Chinese government orders to till their land.
Galuk received one and half years of imprisonment while Wangchuk got a year’s prison term.
It appears that the two were among the eight Tibetans arrested in October last year in Jomda County by authorities for defying Chinese government orders to start farming activities.
Tibetan farmers in eastern Tibet had defiantly undertaken a “Farming Boycott Movement” to protest against China’s repressive measures following the crackdown on Tibetan protesters in other parts of Tibet.
