From Mandarin service reporter Qiao Long:
The Tibetan government-in-exile completely lost contact with Tibetans living in Ngaba, Gansu (in Chinese, Aba) after the earthquake, without any news emerging about the situation in local monasteries and nunneries. Ge Sang, an officer with the exiled government said: “We completely lost contact with them. As communications have been paralyzed, there isn’t any information coming from there.”
The earthquake has captured the attention of Tibetan monks in China. Monks at the Drepung monastery in Lhasa are planning a prayer ritual on Wednesday to pray for peace for people in the tremor-hit areas.
Ge Sang said that two months after the Tibet riots, there are still protests in Tibetan-populated areas of Sichuan despite harsh measures applied by the Chinese authorities. Nuns were seen distributing leaflets on the streets in Karze (in Chinese, Ganzi) at the beginning of the week, while monks were shouting slogans on Tuesday. At least 27 Tibetans were detained in the area, he added.
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