218. SHOKJANG (Released)

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DrukloName                        Druklo (Zhou Kajia)

Penname                Shokjang

Sex                              Male

Birth date              1984

Birth place             Xiahe (Sangchu) County, Gannan (Kanlho) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,Gansu Province

Resident place       Xiahe (Sangchu) County, Gannan (Kanlho) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,Gansu Province

Education                Graduate from Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province (2010) 

Profession                 Tibetan writer  (ICPC honorary member)

Date of arrest          2015-03-19 (detained)

Organ of arrest      Public Security Bureau of Huangnan (Malho) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province

Cause of arrest         Writing about the massive deployment of Chinese security forces in Tongren (Rebgong) county, Huangnan (Malho) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and about the  students tortured in Gangcha (Kangtsa) county, Haibei (Tsochang) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province.

Charge                          Inciting split of the state

Date of sentence     2016-02-17

Organ of sentence  Intermediate People’s Court of Huangnan (Malho) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province 

Sentence                     3 years imprisonment

Defender

Place of jail                 Detention Center of Tongren (Rebgong) County, Huangnan (Malho) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province

Situation in jail        Unknown

Date of release         2018-03-18

Family contact         Lhamo Tsering (wife)

Donation to             

Case adopted by        ICPC

Status                            Released on 2018-03-18

Reference
http://www.chinesepen.org/english/china-tibet
http://thetibetpost.com/en/news/tibet/4899-china-jails-tibetan-writer-for-3-years-over-2008-tibet-movements
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/writer-believed-to-be-jailed-in-qinghai-province-04082015162607.html
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibetan-writer-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison-in-chinas-qinghai-province-02192016134844.html