Pema Tseden, whose most recent film Tharlo was shown at film festivals around the world, was taken away by police on Saturday at Xining airport in his home province of Qinghai, the Film Directors Guild of China and online reports said.An award-winning Tibetan film director was detained by police in China and ended up in hospital, officials and fellow cinematographers said Wednesday..China has ruled Tibet since the 1950s and many Tibetans say Beijing represses their Buddhist religion China PP luggage Manufacturers and culture — charges China denies. China’s ruling Communist Party has cracked down on dissent under President Xi Jinping, but Mr Tseden is not believed to have previously had trouble with authorities. Mr Tseden spent one night in a detention centre and said he was feeling unwell the next day, she added, at which point he was taken to hospital, where he is now receiving treatment for high blood pressure and high blood sugar. His work often reflects the clash of traditional Tibetan life in the modern world.

The police in Xining said Mr Tseden had not listened to their commands as he was trying to return to the baggage claim area after exiting, a spokeswoman who refused to give her name told AFP. "We are strongly concerned about the incident," it said in a statement. Mr Tseden’s 2005 movie The Silent Holy Stones was the first full-length film made in China to be shot entirely in Tibetan.He was taken away for "disturbing public order" but no official charge had been announced, according to the Film Directors Guild, which is independent of Chinese authorities.

It called on police to say publicly why they "took such forceful measures, whether standard measures were taken, and whether violent or excessive enforcement was used".Mr Tseden, who is diabetic, was ordered to be detained for five days and suffered dizzy spells after being held in stress positions, Mr Barnett said on Twitter, adding he was released to hospital on Monday.He was detained over a "minor incident with local police about luggage", according to Robert Barnett, head of the Modern Tibetan Stud-ies Program at Colum-bia University.