Mystery of Panchen Lama's fate endures.(Metropolitan)(Life)

From: The Washington Times | Date: February 24, 2000| Author: Smith, Geoffrey | Copyright information

When the Dalai Lama of Tibet chose Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the next Panchen Lama in May 1995 after an arduous and complex search bound by centuries of Tibetan Buddhist tradition, he never could have guessed what would happen next.

Nor would he have wanted to.

The 6-year-old boy was kidnapped from his home in Tibet within days of the Dalai Lama's announcement. The communist Chinese government placed him and his family under house arrest and then took him to...

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