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He was born in the Lhari district of Nagchu , Tibet. Following the announcement by the Dalai Lama, Chinese authorities detained the head of the Panchen Lama Search Committee, Chadrel Rinpoche and replaced him with Sengchen Lobsang Gyaltsen , an opponent of Chosgyi Gyantsen , the tenth Panchen Lama. Chadrel Rinpoche was accused of colluding with the Dalai Lama. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was replaced with with Gyancain Norbu after a conference on the 10th and 11th of November 1995.

The whereabouts of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is unknown. The Government of Tibet in Exile claims that he and his family continue to be political prisonerA political prisoner is anyone held in prison or otherwise detained, perhaps under house arrest, because their ideas or image either challenge or pose a real or potential threat to the state. In many cases, a veneer of legality is used to disguise the facs, and has termed him the "youngest political prisoner in the world". The Chinese government claims that he is attending school and leading a normal life somewhere in China, and that his whereabouts are kept undisclosed to protect his privacyPrivacy is the ability of a person to control the availability of information about and exposure of him- or herself. It is related to being able to function in society anonymously (including pseudonymous or blind credential identification). According to E.