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Tibetan Man Dies After Self-Immolation

<h1>Tibetan Man Dies After Self-Immolation</h1><img src="http://www.voanews.com/App_Themes/VOA_en-US/img/colorLogo.gif"/>A Tibetan man has died after setting himself on fire, making him the 99th person to self-immolate since protests against Chinese rule began in 2009.<br /> <br /> Kunchok Kyab, 23, set himself ablaze Tuesday in Bora township, near Labrang monastery, in Tibet&#39;s eastern Kansu province.<br /> <br /> Exile sources with contacts in the area told VOA&#39;s Tibetan Service the farmer succumbed to his injuries and that Chinese security officials took custody of the body.<br /> <div class="tag_image tag_image5 floatLeft" contenteditable="false" mode="img|expand|4D1529EC-6C2C-48B5-B3E4-0910871E3DC9.jpg|5|floatLeft|||0"> <img src="http://gdb.voanews.com/4D1529EC-6C2C-48B5-B3E4-0910871E3DC9_w268.jpg" />The wife and 10-month-old child of Kunchok Kyab, 23, who self-immolated in Tibet, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. (VOA Tibetan Service)</div> ???????<br /> Kyab, the fourth Tibetan from Bora to self-immolate since the beginning of 2012, is survived by his wife and 10-month-old child.<br /> <br /> Tuesday&#39;s incident is the third self-immolation this month as Tibetans continue to call for the return of the Dalai Lama from exile and freedom in Tibet.<br /> <br /> Separately, VOA Tibetan reports the Chinese government appears to have stepped up efforts to cut off the flow of information about the situation in Tibet&#39;s autonomous region.<br /> <br /> Beijing earlier this month accused an exiled Tibetan monk in south India of incitement and holding membership in the Tibet Youth Congress, which the Chinese government has designated as a terrorist group.<br /> <br /> The monk, Choe Gyatso, had previously distributed information about other self-immolations inside Tibet.<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.voanews.com/content/tibetan-man-dies-after-self-immolation/1588778.html"/><meta name="syndication-source" content="http://www.voanews.com/content/tibetan-man-dies-after-self-immolation/1588778.html"/><img src="http://livetracker.voanews.eu/counter.lt?PageType=256&RecordId=1588778&SiteId=415&r=1005225660&it=0&pd=20130122183836&url=ArticleID1588778" alt="" style="border:none;" height="1" width="1">