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Mainland police have detained two family members of a deceased Tibetan monk, a rights group and media said, one day after his body was cremated in prison against his family's wishes.
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's sister and her daughter were taken away by police at 8am on Friday in the southwestern city of Chengdu , Students for a Free Tibet said, citing Geshe Nyima, Delek's student and cousin.
The police were from Litang, Delek's hometown, the student group said.
The US-funded Radio Free Asia, citing Tibetan sources, also reported that the pair, whom the station identified as 55-year-old Dolkar Lhamo and her daughter Nyima Lhamo, were detained on Friday.
A woman who declined to give her name at the Litang police station said she was not aware of the case.
Security forces had also briefly detained two of the monk's sisters for not signing his health record earlier last week, rights groups said.
Delek, 65, was 13 years into a life sentence for terrorism and separatism, imposed following a trial observers said was deeply flawed, when authorities announced news of his death last weekend. Rights groups said the circumstances of his death remained unclear.
He was convicted of separatism and involvement in a bombing in a public square, but his supporters have insisted he was innocent.
Several protests in Delek's hometown and in Chengdu, where he was jailed, have taken place since his death was announced, according to the US-based International Campaign for Tibet and other Tibetan rights groups.
Police opened fire when about 1,000 people gathered near government offices in Nyagchuka county to protest against his death, injuring about 20 people, the British-based Free Tibet group said.
Access to Tibetan regions is tightly controlled by the government and local media is barred from reporting issues the government deems sensitive. China has ruled Tibet since 1951.


Deceased Tibetan monk's sister and niece detained

Tenzin Delek Rinpoche was 13 years into a life sentence.

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Mainland police have detained two family members of a deceased Tibetan monk, a rights group and media said, one day after his body was cremated in prison against his family's wishes.
