India-China Border: Blogger Jailed For 'Slandering' Soldiers Who Died in Clash
Blogger Mr Qiu, Who has a large following of 2M+ people on Microblogging site Weibo had commented on the India-China Galwan Clash.
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India-China Border: Blogger Jailed For 'Slandering' Soldiers Who Died in Clash A blogger who made comments about Chinese soldiers who died in a Himalayan border clash with Indian troops last year has been sentenced to eight months in jail. Qiu Ziming, 38, was found guilty of "slandering heroes and martyrs". According to state newspaper the Global Times, he is the first to be criminally charged under the offence following an amendment to China's criminal law. Those charged under this law can be imprisoned for up to three years. Mr Qiu was also ordered to publicly apologise. He appeared on state broadcaster CCTV where he said he was "extremely ashamed" of himself. ‘India-China Ties at Crossroads,Tensions Continue on Lac’: Jaishankar China Supplies Modern Weaponry to Xinjiang Military District Amid LAC Standoff With India "My behaviour was an annihilation of conscience," he said, according to the Global Times. Tense relations between India and China culminated in a face off along the disputed border in the Himalayan region last June. At the…
