Court cleared Penpa Tsering of all charges; defendant lawyer fumes

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McLEOD GANJ, India, 14 October 2019 The Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission today cleared Penpa Tsering of all the charges given by the exile Tibetan Cabinet in ousting him from the Washington DC Representative post.

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