: Chinese blogger jailed for eight months for reportedly suggesting Galwan Valley toll was higher #IndiaNEWS Chinese blogger Qiu Ziming has been sentenced to eight months in jail for allegedly “defaming

Chinese blogger jailed for eight months for reportedly suggesting Galwan Valley toll was higher #IndiaNEWS
Chinese blogger Qiu Ziming has been sentenced to eight months in jail for allegedly “defaming martyrs??? through his social media posts on the skirmish between the country’s troops and those of India in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley in June last year, Global Times reported. Qiu, popularly known as “Labixiaoqiu??? online, has also been ordered to publicly apologise through major domestic portals and the national media within 10 days to “eliminate the negative impact???, according to the Chinese state-controlled newspaper. In February this year, months after the clash took place, China had named four soldiers who died, and another, who was injured.On his account on China’s Twitter-like platform, Weibo, Qiu had suggested that the toll on the Chinese side due to the clash was higher than the officially announced four, AFP reported. He was arrested on February 20, a day after he put up the social media post and was charged for violating a law on defaming martyrs’ honor and reputation.However, the Global Times report did not mention the specifics of the crime he allegedly committed. This was the first reported case of a suspect being charged with defaming martyrs after China’s top legislature added relevant clauses to the Criminal Law. The blogger reportedly had more than 25 lakh followers before...Read more

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