Detained the villager leaders Nyendak and Rigsel and held the men responsible for "instigating" villagers to oppose a political campaign requring local residents to display the Chinese flag atop residences and monasteries during China's National Day ; october 1. officilas blamed the men for protest against the flag requirement ; and accused Nyendak ; a villager leader since 1980 ; of holding a "secret political meeting" with 17 other Tibetans in 2013.