Three Hundred

after Self-Immolations in Tibet,
International Campaign for Tibet,
www.savetibet.org

by Al Ortolani

Three hundred were taken

away in the night

from the monastery in Ngaba.

Twenty year old Tibetan monk

Phuntsog walked into

the center of the street

and lit his gasoline soaked robes.

Chinese police

beat him with clubs

while he burned. One claimed

they were beating

the flames into submission.

Phuntsog, taken to the

local hospital, was later

kidnapped by a gang of monks

said another official.

His death was duly recorded.

Three hundred were taken

away in the night, whereabouts

unknown.