Trulku Jangchup

POLITICAL PRISONER
Name in Tibetan and Pinyin
(Xiangque)
Gender
Male
Age at Detention
26
Detention Year
2000s: 2009
Origin County Level
Origin County Geolocation

Latitude: 31.4996799

Longitude: 98.21822

Origin County Geolocation (linked POLITICAL PRISONER)
Jomda County(འཇོ་མདའ་རྫོང་། )
Origin Province
  • Tibet Autonomous Region
Origin Prefecture
  • Chamdo (Ch: Qamdo) Prefecture
Date of Detention
1/12/2009
Occupation at Detention
Religious
Description of event

Public security officials Detained monk Jangchup, regarded by Tibetans as a reincarnated Tibetan Buddhist teacher (trulku), from Jophu (or Jorphu) Monastery in Jiangda (Jomda) county, Changdu (Chamdo) prefecture, TAR. Police DetainedJangchub after he made statements calling for “religious freedom in Tibet,”

Length of Sentence
3 Years
Status of Detention
Sentenced: Sentence completed-no news on release
Published
Published