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Tibetan Man Self-Immolates in China

Tibetan exiles are reporting that another person has self-immolated to protest Chinese rule. Sources tell VOA that Kunchok Tseten set himself on fire on Tuesday in the town of Meruma in Sichuan province, an area that has seen a number of self-immolations since 2009. It is not known if he survived. Lhamo Kyap, who is from the same town but now lives in Dharamsala, India, told VOA's Tibetan service the father of two had been planning this act for quite some time. "Kunchok...


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