Tapey

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Tapey is a young Tibetan monk from Kirti Monastery. His attempted self-immolation on February 27, 2009, in the marketplace in Ngawa Town, Ngawa County, Sichuan, marked the beginning of a wave of Tibetan self-immolations.[1]

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  1. ^ Edward Wong (June 2, 2012). "In Occupied Tibetan Monastery, a Reason for Fiery Deaths". The New York Times. Retrieved June 3, 2012.