During the 2008 uprising ; Chinese authorities detained thousands of Tibetans including Choktrin Gyatso and his colleagues ; Khedup Gyatso and Tsulsang Gyatso. They were monks from Tsang Monastery ; a highly revered religious centre located in Malho (Ch: Henan) Mongol (Tib: Sogpo) Autonomous County in Malho (Ch: Huangnan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture ; Qinghai Province. Following their arrests in 2008 ; they were convicted of maintaining illegal contacts with those outside Tibet and acting as the ringleaders of a mass protest in Malho. Choktrin Gyasto and Khedup Gyatso were each sentenced to 10 Years and Tsulsang Gyatso was given 9 Years. Khedup Gyatso and Tsulsang Gyatso were released in March last year after their prison terms were reduced by a year. Belongs to Tsang Monastery