Lobsang Lungrik, 51, is the head lama of Ba Gön Monastery, a Gelug monastery located in Chumarleb (Ch: Qumalai) County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, in the Tibetan province of Kham. While two other officials named in the same announcement, Ma Fengsheng and Zhao Xuezhang were publicly accused of disciplinary violations, no offence was specified in relation to Lobsang Lungrik. He was appointed Board Member of the Yushu Buddhist Association in 1999. Lobsang Lungrik was born on 25 August 1975 in Chumarleb County. He graduated from the Advanced Tibetan Buddhist Institute of China in 2003 and later obtained a Master’s degree from Qinghai Normal University in March 2015.