Name: Tsepey
Age: 20
Status: Died
Father’s Name: Chudo Rinchen
Mother’s Name: Chenpa
Affiliation: 4th Meuruma township, Ngaba County, Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (incorporated into China’s Sichuan Province)
Location of incident: 4th Meuruma township, Ngaba County, Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (incorporated into China’s Sichuan Province)
Date of Self-immolation: 2014-12-22

Info: She was identified by exile sources as Tsepey, the fourth of six children from a family in Meruma township, and the same sources say that she died on the scene. Tsephel was described by Tibetans who knew her as “well-behaved, honest and gentle”, according to Kirti monks in exile in Dharamsala. She had not received a formal education but grew up working as a herder with her parents. According to the same sources, her 60 year old father and 50 year old mother have reportedly been taken away by police, but it is not clear whether they have been detained.

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