Dharamshala, April 9 -- The Tibetan government-in-exile based in Dharamshala has called for an independent and transparent investigation into the sudden and mysterious death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a prominent Tibetan religious leader, who reportedly died in Chinese custody in Vietnam.

According to a statement released by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Hungkar Rinpoche had been living in hiding in Vietnam since September 2024 due to persistent harassment by Chinese authorities in Tibet. On March 25, he was reportedly arrested from a hotel room in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) in a coordinated operation involving local Vietnamese police and Chinese secret agents.

He was transferred to a local public security office on Mar...