Family of Loten asked to pay for food and supplies prior to his transfer to Xiling

Students learning Chinese in a classroom in Golog

 Tibet Watch has learned that the family of the detainee Loten was asked to pay for the food, needed during his transfer to Xiling City, as well as the cost of a cup and plate he would require at the re-education training centre.

 The source added, "[T]hey gave 1000 yuan but he was allowed to take only 200 by the security personnel. They were told that food and lodging will be provided by the government upon reaching Xiling."

 Loten was arrested on 12 December 2021, by Chinese authorities and security personnel in Matoe County after he spoke in an online messaging group on WeChat expressing disagreement with the policy of sinicization of the education system in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.