Lasha, Jan. 30 -- Chinese authorities in Tibet have detained a Tibetan writer and former teacher for allegedly contacting exiles outside the country, media reports said on Saturday.

The writer, known only as Palgon, was arrested at his home in August 2022 and has been incommunicado ever since, reports Radio Free Asia.

"His family members were also not informed or given proper reasons for his arrest other than Palgon's contact with people in exile to offer prayers to His Holiness the Dalai Lama," the source added, insisting on anonymity for security reasons.

Palgon is from the Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China's southeastern Qinghai province. He was an elementary school teacher in the prefecture's Pema county, but he later re...