Indian police have formally accused Chinese smartphone makers Xiaomi Corp and Vivo Mobile of helping transfer funds illegally to a news portal under investigation on charges of spreading Chinese propaganda, documents showed on Friday.
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The FIR, a copy of which ThePrint has accessed, states that “it is further learnt that big Chinese Telecom companies like Xiaomi, Vivo, etc. incorporated thousands of shell companies in India in violation of PMLA/FEMA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act/Foreign Exchange Management Act) for illegally infusing foreign funds in India in furtherance of this conspiracy.”

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A picture showing two female Chinese athletes which makes an unintentional reference to the Tiananmen Square massacre appears to have been censored on social media in China.
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The US has seen reports about the alleged ties of an Indian media outlet with China but cannot comment on the veracity of the claims, a senior American official said.

“We have seen reports about this outlet’s ties to the People’s Republic of China, but we can’t comment yet on the veracity of those claims”, State Department Spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters at a news conference here on Tuesday.

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Delhi Police on Tuesday questioned a total of 46 suspects, including nine women, for several hours in connection with a probe in the news portal’s foreign funding. Police had prepared a list of 25 questions on various issues which included northeast De……

Sources in the Delhi Police told ThePrint that this new case is to investigate the “proceeds of crime”.

Apart from Sections 13 (unlawful activities), 16 (terrorist act), 17 (raising funds for terrorist acts), 18 (conspiracy) and 22 (C) (offences by companies) of the UAPA, the FIR has IPC sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) for allegedly receiving funding from China.

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A photograph of two Chinese athletes hugging after a race has been censored on Chinese social media because the women’s race numbers inadvertently formed a reference to the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989.
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