His crime was failing to register a small environmental group run by him and his younger brother in their remote home village of Gonjo, in eastern Tibet. Having been found guilty -- the conviction rate in China is around 98%, and is even higher in Tibet, so the verdict was never in doubt – he was sentenced to five years in prison.
接着在7月3日，嘎玛的哥哥，46岁的仁青桑珠以“威胁国家安全”罪被起诉。原因是他与其弟其美朗加在两人的家乡，西藏东部的贡觉县建立了一个小型环保组织，却没有在有关部门注册备案。在中国，审判定罪率大概在98%左右，在西藏地区则更高，因此裁决也是毫无疑问的——他被判处5年有期徒刑。