Saturday, February 6, 2010

Inmate kidnapped prison guard

A Tibetan prisoner in Gandze County in eastern Tibet allegedly kidnapped the prison guard in retaliation of ill treatment.
According reliable information from Tibet, a Kandze county prisoner guard by the name of Kasong Chang was forcefully taken away by one of the Tibetan inmates in the jail, allegedly for the former’s harassment of the Tibetan prisoners. The prison inmate is a Tibetan, called Passang, who hails from Kham Payoe. The incident occurred on Feb 01, 2010 at a newly built prison in Kandze, known as Shitonchang, says one source.

The notorious prison guard:
According to our sources in the area in Kandze County
“The kidnapped Chinese prison guard is one of meanest officers in charge, because of his torture tactic with the prisoners. He is notorious for his ill treatment of the Tibetan prisoner. When family members come to see their relatives in prison, the prison guard known as Kasong Chang would refused to give food and the said prison guard tampered things and would keep half of all money allowance meant to be given to the prisoner by their family members. He was very vicious in torturing Tibetan inmates particularly those Tibetan who took part in 2008 uprising”
According to one reliable source from the areas, “the police guard usually is in charge of prison inmates, for the daily routine. He is also known to be in possession of all the prison keys. It is reported that the inmates forcefully took away the prison guard and fled toward Tukhor County in Kangde, Sichuan province. Subsequently the Chinese police launched a manhunt. Hundreds of Chinese police officers were stationed along the road to Tukhor in Kandze in an attempt to foil the kidnap. ( someone tipped off the police that one guy was run off toward Tukhor). It is also reported that hundreds of Chinese police vehicles lined up from Kandze to Dartzedo and motorists were searched along the way. Besides, kandze to Lhasa route were strictly restricted, said our source.

The prison inmate who believed to have kidnapped the prison guard is called Pasang, and hails from Kham Payoe. Some years ago, Passang was put in jail on charge of homicide in Payoe. Payoe county had handed him over to kandze county.
Arrest warrant and decal:
“The Kandze county police issued an arrest warrant for Passang. A decal issued by the county police urged people’s cooperation and instructed all household to help nab the inmate. Any Information leading to his arrest would be rewarded 100000 Chinese Yuan. In the decal, it was stated that prisoner guard released the Tibetan inmate and run away with him, which the Tibetan masses couldn’t believe”. This collaboration seemed impossible, because the Chinese prisoner guard has family members and so on, says Tibetan source.Tibetans say that if Passang is ever arrested again, then the Chinese government might deal with him harshly for his repeated offence and daring escape..

for details of Radio Free Asia realease click here .....http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/kidnapping-02102010152136.html

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