Portrait of Lobsang Tsultrim
Photo: International Campaign for Tibet · Used with permission arranged by V-TAG, 2026-10-15
Record
SI-052
Date
Place
Main street, Ngaba (Ch: Aba) county town, near Kirti Monastery
Region
Amdo
Age
21
Affiliation
Kirti Monastery (monk)
Outcome
Died ICT lists him as deceased, while its text says his whereabouts and condition after he was taken away were not known; CTA lists: Died on 6 August 2012.

What happened

According to ICT, citing Kirti monks in exile, Lobsang Tsultrim, a 21-year-old Kirti monk from Cha township who had joined the monastery as a child, set fire to himself on 6 August 2012 and tried to walk along the main street of Ngaba towards the Forestry Department office before Chinese armed police put out the flames. He was still alive when Chinese security forces took him away. ICT noted he was a classmate of Phuntsog, who self-immolated in March 2011.

Aftermath

He was taken away by Chinese armed police, reportedly first to the local hospital and then elsewhere (ICT).

Sources & References

Primary records