According to RFA reports ; on January 20 ; public security officials detained Trinle Ngodrub (age 24) ; his brother Dargyal (23) ; and Pema Tsepag (24) as they staged a peaceful protest in the seat of Zuogong (Dzogang) county ; Changdu (Chamdo) prefecture ; TAR. The men shouted pro-independence slogans ; held up an “Independence for Tibet” banner ; and scattered leaflets as they walked in the direction of the Public Security Bureau. Police stopped them after about 45 minutes and beat them severely ; according to RFA sources. Pema Tsepag died on January 23 in the Changdu prefectural hospital from kidney and intestinal injuries too severe to treat in the county hospital ; according to a Phayul report.