Name: Khaying/Lhungyang
Age: 18
Status: Died
Father’s Name: Kelsang
Mother’s Name: –
Affiliation: Former monk of Kirti monastery
Location of incident: Main street in Ngaba County, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Ch: Sichuan Province)
Date of Self-immolation: 2011-10-07
Info: Khaying a former monks at Kirti monastery, set fire to themselves along the main road of Ngaba county town. The young men clasped their hands together and set fire to themselves before security personnel extinguished the flames and took them to the county’s government-run hospital. The young men died following the protest. Khaying’s cousin, a Tibetan named Tashi, was one of the Tibetans killed in the Chinese government crackdown in Ngaba in 2008.
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