The Times - London - 14 Feb 1996

Hong Kong: The Dalai Lama fears that the six-year-old boy he had picked to be the next Panchen Lama may have been executed by the Chinese (Jonathan Mirsky writes). Peking has installed its own "soul boy" as the second highest religious figure in Tibet. Neither the Dalai Lama's choice nor his family have been seen since last July. Yesterday Tenzin Gyeshe, his private secretary, said the Dalai Lama feared the boy may have been "killed, drugged or put in some sort of asylum where he will be rendered useless".