Tibetan police solved three cases of theft of cultural relics from temples and pagodas and recovered more than 80 cultural relics

　　China News Service, Lhasa, February 26 (Reporter Zhao Lang) The reporter learned from the Public Security Bureau of Tsona City in the Tibet Autonomous Region on the 26th that the bureau cracked three cases of theft of temples and pagodas and recovered 82 stolen cultural relics and the funds involved. More than 800,000 yuan (RMB, the same below), and the recovered cultural relics and the funds involved will be returned to the cultural relics protection unit and the victim respectively. The stolen cultural relics include 3 Chinese national first-, second- and third-level cultural relics.

The picture shows that on February 22, 2024, the Cuona police returned the recovered cultural relics to the temple.

(Photo courtesy of Cuona City Public Security Bureau)

　　Ngawang Cuicheng, deputy director of the Cona City Public Security Bureau, introduced that the "Chaga Pagoda theft case" occurred in June 2021. The suspect came from Baiyu County, Sichuan Province and attacked the Chaga Pagoda twice at night. And a Lacan to commit crimes.

Through big data analysis, the police identified the suspect and captured him in Shannan City.

When captured, all 13 stolen cultural relics had been destroyed.

　　Taga Monastery reported to the police in July 2022 that a handwritten scripture of "Baima Gatang" and 900 yuan in cash were lost. The scripture is a national second-class cultural relic.

The police in Cuona identified the suspect within more than 20 days and arrested the suspect two months later.

After interrogation, it was found that the three arrested suspects were from Qamdo City, had criminal records, and were all inmates.

When investigating the case, the suspect truthfully confessed that he had stolen a statue of Sakyamuni Buddha from the Yangpajing Temple in Lhasa and sold it to a businessman for 980,000 yuan.

At present, the cultural relics have been recovered.

The cultural relics department identified the Buddha statue as a national first-class cultural relic.

　　The three cultural relic theft cases were all tried by the local court, and the defendant in the "Qaga Pagoda theft case" was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The three defendants in the other two cases were sentenced to 12 years and 5 months in prison and 8 years in prison respectively. months, 5 years and 8 months.

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