Monks flee to India after serving 12 yrs in Tibet

By Staff

Published: Monday, February 4, 2008, 11:43 [IST]

Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, Feb 2, 2008: Two Buddhist monks, after serving twelve years of rigorous imprisonment in Tibet have escaped to India"s northern Dharamshala in search of a safer heaven.

38 years old monk, Jampha Yeshi, accompanied by his friend Lobsang Palden was accused of 'counter revolutionary crimes" in the Chinese administered Tibetan Autonomous region.

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