Tibetan monk in China set himself on fire at anti-government protest

By Gillian Wong, The Associated Press
BEIJING, China - A Tibetan monk in western China set himself on fire in an anti-government protest, then was beaten and kicked by police, prompting hundreds of monks and others to rally, an exiled Tibetan monk said.
The 21-year-old monk, Phuntsog, who like many Tibetans goes by only one name, set himself on fire on Wednesday afternoon on a main street near the Kirti monastery in Aba town, in Sichuan province, said Kusho Tsering, a monk now living in Dharmsala, India.
A man who answered the phone Thursday at the Public Security Bureau in Aba said he did not know anything about the case and hung up.
A man who answered the phone at the media office of the Communist Party in Aba said his office did not know the specifics of the matter.

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