Name: Dorjee Tseten
Age: 19
Status: Died
Father’s Name: Bende Khar
Mother’s Name: Dolkar Kyi
Affiliation: Sangchu, Labrang
Location of incident: In front of Jokhang, Lhasa (TAR)
Date of Self-immolation: 2012-05-27

Info: Two young Tibetan men set fire to themselves on May 27 outside one of Tibet’s holiest shrines, the Jokhang Temple, in the first self-immolation in Lhasa, Tibet’s historic capital. Nineteen-year old Dorje Tseten had left home after high school and had been renting a room in a house in Lhasa. The entire household was detained soon after his self-immolation.

The self-immolations took place during Saga Dawa, an important religious period for Tibetan Buddhists that commemorates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death. The self-immolations are the first in Lhasa where Chinese security has been tight since March 2008 when protests occurred across Tibet and rocked the capital city. The official media reported today that Lhasa’s Public Security Bureau has set up a special task force to investigate the case.

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