Beijing, April 16 -- Chinese officials have interrogated and detained local Tibetans who shared photographs and posts on social media mourning the death of a prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader, who reportedly died while in custody in Vietnam, as reported by Radio Free Asia (RFA).

Authorities in Gade county of Golog prefecture, located in Qinghai province, have placed the monastery of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, who passed away at the age of 56, under constant police surveillance, conducting random checks on locals' phones to limit the dissemination of information concerning his death, according to RFA report.

On April 3, Lung Ngon Monastery in Gade county verified that its abbot, Tulku Hungkar Dorje, had died in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City on Ma...