India-China Indo-China border clash: Chinese authorities arrest six for online posts
Beijing: Chinese authorities have arrested six people for their alleged online comments that cast doubt on Beijing's official account of a deadly border clash with India last year.
They are also pursuing a person who lives overseas.
Six men between the ages of 20 and 40 were detained or turned themselves in over the weekend. They have been accused of defaming "heroes and martyrs" who died or were injured in the Galwan Valley melee with Indian troops last June, according to statements by public security organs in Beijing and five other provinces as quoted by Newsweek.
One People's Liberation Army commanding officer was seriously injured and four soldiers were killed during the clash, according to a video released last Friday by China's state broadcaster CCTV, which blamed the violence on Indian troops who had crossed into Chinese territory, reported the news portal.
According to the news portal report, one of the arrested persons was identified as 38-year-old blogger Qiu Ziming.
He was reportedly arrested for 'defaming the heroic officer and soldiers who guarded China's border', reports Newsweek.
In a post on his "Labi Xiaoqiu" Weibo account, Qiu called into question Beijing's account of the death toll, saying: "All four soldiers who died were trying to rescue [the officer]. If the rescuers themselves died, then there must have been more who couldn't be saved."
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