BEIJING, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- A court in Southwest China's Sichuan province Thursday sentenced two men who were convicted of urging eight Tibetans to self-immolate, three of whom died.
The Intermediate People's Court of the Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Aba sentenced Lorang Konchock, 40, to death with a two-year reprieve -- which is often commuted to a life prison sentence -- and his nephew, Lorang Tsering, 31, to two years in prison, The New York Times reported.