Jampa Thinley, aged 58, formerly served as Vice-Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and as Director of the Civil Administrative Society of Tashilhunpo Monastery in Xigaze.

On 21 April, the Intermediate People’s Court of Xigaze Prefecture convicted him of plotting to split the country and leaking state secrets. The court found that he had colluded with separatist forces abroad and determined that his actions endangered national unity, ethnic solidarity, and social stability in Tibet.

He was sentenced to a combined term of six years’ imprisonment and deprived of political rights for three years. The sentence comprised five years for conspiring to split the country and two years for leaking state secrets, with a total effective term of six years after combination.

As the case involved state secrets, the trial was conducted in camera pursuant to Article 152 of the Criminal Procedure Law. Jampa Thinley declined legal counsel and represented himself in court. After the judgment was pronounced, he accepted the verdict and waived his right to appeal. The ruling became effective on 5 May.