Xinhua state agency, the China’s state media confirmed that the two murderers of the famous Tibetan religious leader has been sentenced to death.
With one of the Tibet’s most closely-watched murder cases, China has decided its final verdict.
Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche who lived in Scotland and became a British citizen, was one of the prominent and first spiritual leaders to teach Tibetan Buddhism to its followers in the Western area.
In October of 2013, Rinpoche, his nephew and his driver were killed in the city of Chengdu in which police officials investigation said because of financial arguments.
Thubten Kunsal, an artist at Akong Rinpoche’s monastery in Britain from 2002 to 2011 and Tsering Paljor were the two primary suspects that was given death sentence due to stabbing three men to death.
Police officials said the crime was done at a Chengdu home when Kunsal insisted to have 2.7 million yuan, approximately $410,000 wages that was owed from him.
A third man was given three years of imprisonment for obstruction of justice, when he kept the knives used for the incident.
Analysts speculated that there is a political plot behind the crime.
According to the murderer’s lawyer, both Kunsal and Paljor admitted the crime but emphasized that it was unintentional.
Meanwhile, the British government said in an email that it still maintain its longstanding opposition to the death penalty and even stated that they have been communicating to China during the trial period.
