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BEIJING — 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 Wednesday afternoon near the Kirti monastery in Aba town, in Sichuan province, said Kusho Tsering, a monk living in Dharmsala, India.
A man who answered the phone today at the Public Security Bureau in Aba said he did not know anything about the case and hung up.
Denver Post wire services
