Detained Monk Who Helped Make Controversial Tibetan Film Escapes to India

Source: Radio Free Asia

A Tibetan monk believed to have been under detention for two years for helping to make a documentary film on the lives of Tibetans under harsh Chinese rule has escaped to India, the filmmaker’s cousin said Monday.

Golog Jigme Gyatso, believed to be 45 years old and a native of Serthar (in Chinese, Seda) county in Sichuan, had disappeared in 2012 in China’s Gansu province after being sought by police and was believed to have been secretly taken into custody.

Gyaljong Tsetrin, cousin of jailed Dhondup Wangchen who made the film “Leaving Fear Behind,” said in a statement that Gyatso was able to escape, apparently from Chinese custody in Tibet, and flee to India’s hill-town Dharamsala.

"[We are] happy to share the amazing news of Golog Jigme's safe arrival in Dharamsala, India," the statement, issued by Tsetrin's film company Filming for Tibet, said.

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