(en) Chinese Authorities Eliminating the 13th Dalai Lama's Home, Tibet Post, 16 juin 2011 : « Sources say that the demolition began on the 10th of June, and was completed within short time. Family members had earlier appealed to the Lhasa city government to protect [the residence] from demolition, but their calls went unheeded. The concerned city authorities stated that they were helpless to stop the demolition because the area fell under Chinese military control. »