Choephel is different and could set a dangerous new trend if left unchecked by civilized nations. Mr. Choephel is a refugee. was carried across the Tibetan Himalayas by his parents when he was only 2 years old. when they fled the Communist Chinese invasion of their country. He has been living in India since then. gone to study in the United States under a Fulbright Exchange Program established by the Congress to assist Tibetans and His Holiness. the Dalai Lama. to help protect Tibets unique cultural heritage. He had gone back to Tibet to make a documentary film. to make a film about traditional Tibetan music and dance. Mr. Choephels arrest and imprisonment is a refugee nightmare. To return to his own country and to be arbitrarily imprisoned and cut off from the outside world is cruel and an abomination. His imprisonment sends democracies around the world the same type of message that the Chinese Government seeks when it charges parents for the price of a bullet used to execute their own son or daughter or when it appoints a religious leader that he knows the faithful would never follow.