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Interpreting Beijing's Response to the Self-Immolations
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[Phayul] - Lama Sobha, also called Sonam Wangyal, immolated on January 8. Xinhua reported on January 9 that investigations revealed Lama Sobha, “a self-claimed living Buddha” had “committed suicide because his secret love affair” with a married woman was exposed.
Butter lamp in the wind
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[Times of India] - "He became aware of what was going on in Tibet," says Sonam Wangyal, 32, his cousin and roommate in Delhi. "He was a good Buddhist. If he thought something was wrong, he would stand against it." Since there were many things wrong in Tibet
China blames Dalai Lama for Tibetan self-immolation | Fox ...
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Yeshe's cousin and roommate, Sonam Wangyal, said Yeshe was from a farming family in a Tibetan region of Sichuan province and had been ...
Another Tibetan Monk Self-Immolates in China - WSJ
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The Chinese news agency provided the man's name as Nyage Sonamdrugyu, while the government-in-exile called him Sonam Wangyal.
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