Police in northwest China's Qinghai Province said Thursday that they have arrested a Tibetan man who allegedly attempted to convince another Tibetan to self-immolate last November.
Police in Tongren county said they thwarted a self-immolation attempt last year by 25-year-old monk Drolma Je after being told that the man had stored gasoline in a hotel room on Nov. 19.
A probe into Drolma Je's case has led to the arrest of Phagpa, a 27-year-old man who allegedly encouraged Drolma Je to commit self-immolation, a police report said.
The report said Phagpa had maintained close contact with key members of the "Tibetan Youth Congress" of the Dalai Lama clique, exchanging information with and taking orders from them via the Internet.
It said Phagpa studied in India at an institution established by the Dalai Lama clique for training separatists in June 2005.
After returning to China in September 2011, he worked to spread pro-independence ideas among local students while working as a teacher at an orphanage and opening computer and English training courses, the report said.
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