Dorje Tashi, the wealthy owner of the Yak, a leading tourist hotel in Lhasa, is also said to be languishing in prison on vague political charges. In Tibet, where for the last 30 years major Tibetan businessmen had been seen as natural allies of the state, such developments are unprecedented.
而上述事件也不仅仅是孤立的个案。据说拉萨著名旅游酒店“牦牛（Yak）宾馆”的老板多杰扎西也因为某种政治指控而入狱。在过去30年间，这些西藏大商人都被视为政府的天然同盟，而如今，这些事态的变化也是始料未及的。