Tulku Tenzin Delek Dies in China Prison

Reliable sources say that highly respected lama, Tulku Tenzin Delek has died in prison. Local Tibetans have widely believed that he was wrongfully arrested and convicted in 2002 primarily because he was becoming a respected and popular champion of Tibetan interests which the local Chinese Communist Party saw as a challenge to its authority. Zhou Yongkang, former member of China's 17th Politburo Standing Committee and the country's powerful