Tibetan monk immolates himself in protest agaisnt Chinese rule in Qinghai province

Another person has set himself on fire in western China as part of a protest against Chinese rule in ethnic Tibetan areas. Tibetan sources said a 29-year-old monk, Lobsang Gendun, had his hands clasped in prayer as flames engulfed him last evening. Witnesses in Qinghai province said the monk shouted slogans as he died, but they said they could not clearly hear what he was saying. Local Tibetans are reported to have taken the late monk's body to his monastery Penag Kadak Troedreling Monastery in Seley Thang after a minor scuffle with Chinese security forces. The security personnel had tried to confiscate the monk's body. At least 92 Tibetans have self-immolated in western China since 2009, with 28 cases reported in November alone. The acceleration in self-immolations has coincided with Tibetans staging several anti-China rallies, despite a heavy Chinese security presence.