Name: Sangdag
Age: Not known
Sex: Male
Profession: Monk
Date of Self-immolation: 25 February 2013, 10 am (local time)
Location: South of Ngaba, Amdo
Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Unknown
Slogans: Not reported
On 25 February 2013, a monk from Diphu Monastery called Sangdag set fire to himself around 10:00am on a road to the south of Ngaba township. Soon after Sangdag’s protest, Chinese security personnel arrived at the scene and doused the flames then removed him to a hospital in Ngaba. However, shortly afterwards the Chinese police transported him to another unidentified location. Sangdag is from Dowa village in Drotsig Township, Ngaba County in Amdo, Northeastern Tibet.