Arjia Rinpoche expressed that he is pained about the incident in which Mr. Mergen lost his young and precious life. He says he understands the feelings of Mongolian herders, young students and others to carry out demonstrations in relation to the incident and to demand their rights to be respected. He says he respects the spirit with which the Mongolian people in Southern Mongolia stood up for their legal and legitimate rights. However, Rinpoche says that at the moment, the Chinese authorities are deploying large number of military into Southern Mongolia in addition to the police and military forces that are already in the region, and the government is preparing to crackdown on further resistance with heavy force at any moment. Under the circumstance, he says that he would like to call on to his fellow Mongolians in Southern Mongolia, including Mongolian herders and young students, to refrain from further demonstrations that may give the authorities excuses to use force, and to avoid meaningless tragedy that nobody wishes to see. Rinpoche said that in order to protect the grasslands, to preserve traditional culture and to meet the needs of daily life of herders in a long term, Mongolians should stay calm, should treasure their precious lives, and not to sacrifice everything at once.