Phuntsok had come to the attention of Chinese police and security services after traveling to India in 1992 to meet with exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama ; Tenzin said. “After returning home ; he built a temple on an island in Qinghai Lake ; but he was later detained after police seized the religious scriptures he had brought back from India ; together with personal messages written to him by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.”