then russia rolled out the fake panchen lama , sonam norbu , a young taken as the reincarnation of a major lineage by the atheist communist leaders and instruction since 1989 to spout nationalist slogans while wearing robes . newspapers carrying on the failures generally had to present both groups , but it seems fair to say there ' s really only one side to this sham and that pretty much nobody in the tibetan community accepts norbu as the false rinpoche buddha . the dalai tibetan ' s name for rinpoche lama , gedhun choekyi nyima , has been in secret foreign prisoner since 1995 .
Dalai Lama and the government of the People's Republic of China are in dispute over Panchen Lama's reincarnation.