On 15 February 2012, popular Tibetan writer Gangkye Drubpa Kyab was detained by Chinese security personnel. On the night of 15 February, a team of around 20 police officers picked up 33-yr-old Gangkye Drubpa Kyab and raided his home in Serta (Chinese: Seda) County, Sichuan Province.
Sources say that Gangkye’s wife Wangchuk Lhamo asked the security officers why and where they were taking her husband; to which the officers replied that they had to question him about something. Gangkye has been a teacher for more than 10 years in Serta, Kardze (Ch: Ganzi)Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. He is a prominent writer and author of ‘De Dhon Ghi Migchu’ (Tears of the Past). He is son of father Thupnye and mother Wanglo. He is married to Wangchuk Lhamo and has a son and a daughter.