Radio Free Asia story in Military News
“Authorities in China’s Sichuan
province last month forced Tibetan monks and other local residents to watch the
demolition of a large and venerated Buddha statue following official complaints
that the statue had been built too high, Tibetan sources said.”
Radio Free Asia “verified the
destruction of the statue by analysis of commercial satellite imagery. Chinese
authorities forced monks from Thoesam Gatsel monastery and Tibetans living in
Chuwar and other nearby towns to witness the demolition, which began on Dec. 12
and continued for the next nine days, Tibetan sources in exile said, citing
contacts in the area.”
“Drago county chief Wang
Dongsheng, director of the demolition, had earlier overseen a campaign of
destruction at Sichuan’s sprawling Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in a move that
saw thousands of monks and nuns expelled and homes destroyed, the source said.”
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