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Tibet : Two Tibetan tour guides sentenced to life in prison Redazione - Mar, 10/09/2013 - 19:14 China had sentenced the two Tibetan tour guides to life imprisonment for alleged political activities.Tsering Samdup, in his mid 20s from Shigatse was sentenced to life after authorities reportedly found an American climber from Samdup’s group hoisted a Tibetan national flag at the Mt. Everest base camp and took pictures of it.Samdup is currently in Drapchi Prison located near Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. Chinese authorities have issued a booklet comprising of introduction of Tibet’s history and a description of every tourist spot to all the tour guides and going against the official description of the sites would lead to heavy punishment and trouble for the guides and their family members too. Another unidentified Tibetan guide was sentenced to life for infringing the descriptions about the 14th Dalai Lama to foreign tourists visiting the Potala Palace.
Posted on: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 20:43:59 +0000

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