All except one monk were sentenced to six year sentences which they are currently serving. Six Tibetans were arrested by the Lhasa Public Security Bureau prior to the July 1 Hong Kong handover and July 6 birthday celebration for the Dalai Lama, fearing that they may stage pro-independence activities during those periods. Lhakpa Tsamchoe and Kalsang Tsewang were reportedly released after a few months of detention. The whereabouts of the other four are not known. He was sentenced to three years which he is currently serving in Drapchi Prison.
Nothing is known of their present condition nor their prison term.
The revised CPL continues to allow for administrative detention. In many political cases, collective trials are held whereby sentences are passed on the whole. Chadrel Rinpoche , the abbot of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery and the head of the Chinese Search Committee for the Reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, disappeared on May 17 or 18, 1995. He had reportedly been taken into detention by Chinese authorities on suspicion of having communicated with the Dalai Lama regarding the reincarnation. Chadrel Rinpoche has been reported to be currently detained in a top secret cell and denied all outside contact.