He was convicted for alleged involvement in a series of unsolved bombings in his region by the Chinese authorities and sentenced to death in December 2002 along with Lobsang Dhondup, a 28-year-old assistant of his.
Han blev dømt for påstået deltagelse i en række uopklarede bombninger i sin hjemegn af de kinesiske myndigheder og dømt til døden i december 2002 sammen med Lobsang Dhondup, hans 28-årige assistent.