TYC slams ‘Fake Panchen’ for backing Beijing’s political claim over Dalai Lama’s succession

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 12: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), the largest pro-independence organization in the Tibetan diaspora, on Friday strongly condemned the recent remarks by the China-appointed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen (Gyaincain) Norbu, calling them a political ploy aimed at tightening Beijing’s control over Tibetan religious affairs.

Speaking at a state-sponsored symposium in Shigatse on December 8, Gyalsten Norbu asserted that the reincarnation of ‘living Buddhas’ must &ldq...

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