Record
SI-060
Date
Place
Main road, Dzatoe (Ch: Zaduo) county town, Yulshul
Region
Kham
Age
27
Affiliation
Layperson
Outcome
Died CTA lists: UnKnown. (unconfirmed)
Other spellings
Yungdrung (unconfirmed)

What happened

According to ICT, citing Tibetans in exile, Yangdang set fire to himself on the main road of Dzatoe county town on the evening of 29 September 2012, calling for freedom in Tibet and for the return of the Dalai Lama and the Karmapa. Onlookers put out the flames, and security forces cordoned off the area and took him to hospital; officials later told his family he had died while being transferred to a hospital outside the Tibetan area.

Aftermath

According to ICT, the authorities had not returned his body to his family.

Labelled unconfirmed: name, outcome. The sources differ or do not confirm these details; both versions are kept in the record.

Sources & References

Primary records