Indian Tourist Arrested in China for Suspected Terror Link:

[Windjammer]

BEIJING: An Indian is reported among a group of 20 foreign tourists who have been arrested in northern China for suspected links to "a terror group" according to reports by Britain's Foreign Office and a South African charity.

An Indian embassy spokesman told Reuters he had no information on the matter.

China has agreed to release 11 of the tourists, but the rest will continue to be held without charge at a detention center in Inner Mongolia, the South African charity, Gift of the Givers Foundation, said.

Chinese authorities said some of those arrested had been watching propaganda videos from a banned group in their hotel room, the charity added in its statement.

The group was on a 47-day tour of the country when they were detained at an airport in the Inner Mongolian city of Erdos. Their tour operator realized something had gone "horribly wrong" on Sunday, two days later, the foundation said, when he hadn't heard from them.

"Consular staff have visited the group to provide assistance and we are liaising with Chinese authorities," a British Foreign Office spokesman told Reuters.

Chinese law enforcement authorities could not be immediately reached for comment.

"These individuals have no terror links, no criminal record in their country," said Gift of the Givers, which has negotiated hostage releases.

Several of those detained are relatives of Shameel Joosub, chief executive of telecoms company Vodacom Group Ltd., the charity added.

Indian Tourist Arrested in China for Suspected Terror Link: Report

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Well it's an official policy tool according to their defence minister?

‘You have to neutralise terrorist through terrorist only,’ says Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar | The Indian Express

 

[SRP]

Indian Among Tourists Arrested in China for 'Watching Terror Videos'

Around 20 foreign tourists, including an Indian, were arrested in China over accusations that they were watching "terror-propaganda" videos and had links to terror groups.

Most of those detained in northern China were British, while many were from South Africa, according to Britain's foreign office, which also stated the presence of an Indian in the group, Reuters reported.

South African NGO 'Gift of the Givers', which seemed to have organised the tour, said on its Facebook page that 10 South Africans, nine Britons and one Indian were arrested.

The group, which was on a 47-day tour in China, were reportedly arrested on Friday at the airport in the city of Erdos in Inner Mongolia.

Chinese authorities alleged that the detained tourists had "suspected links to a terror group", claiming that they were watching videos of a banned group in China in their hotels.

"A tour that went horribly wrong on Friday, 10 July, when they were arrested at Erdos Airport, Inner Mongolia, at 9.40 am local time. No reasons were given for the arrest; cellphones were confiscated, there was no access to the embassies of origin nor to their families. They were detained without charge with no access to any communication nor to legal representation. It was only on Sunday, 48 hours later, when the tour operator realised that something was amiss and made the trip to Erdos, that the first information on the detained citizens came to light," the South African NGO said in its statement.

Reuters cited an Indian embassy official stating that he had no information on the matter as yet.

The details of the Indian national are not clear as yet, and Indian officials are reportedly working to check if the person is an Indian citizen or a South African citizen of Indian origin, according to India Today.

China has been cracking down heavily on people with "terror links" as the spate of attacks has increased in recent months, especially in the restive Xinjiang province.

Indian Among Tourists Arrested in China for 'Watching Terror Videos'

 

[cloud_9]

Terror through Propaganda videos......Where they watching Sino-Japanese war drama's?

 

[Menace2Society]

RAW operative captured. Well done Chinese authorities.

 

[SRP]

RAW operative captured. Well done Chinese authorities.

RAWphobia...

 

[Windjammer]

Terrorists of any nationality cast and creed need to be eliminated.
Well done Chinese authorities for being much more efficient than capturing Pigeons.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Why are the Indian members here supporting terrorists?

So he's an Indian therefore he can't be a terrorist? So how come you guys get searched at every airport and even American kids refer to you guys like that?

Maybe having ISIS and ETIM terrorist training and propaganda videos is fine in your view, but you want to come to China you'd better keep that stuff at home.

So Shameless of you for using racial abuse of Sikh child in USA to display your Indophobic vitriol.

The article itself says, its not yet even clear if its an Indian citizen

 

[acid rain]

Cut off their Internet wifi in their hotel rooms...don't arrest them you fn dumb asses.

 

[Paranoid Android]

As the article says he might be "Indian" ,listening to that our mighty neighbor & it's cheerleader having an orgasm even they are clueless..
"No reasons were given for the arrest; cellphones were confiscated, there was no access to the embassies of origin nor to their families. They were detained without charge with no access to any communication nor to legal representation. "

 

[OrionHunter]

It seems the Chinese have started getting paranoid arresting all and sundry. Shades of North Korea, what?

 

[noksss]

Terrorists of any nationality cast and creed need to be eliminated.
Well done Chinese authorities for being much more efficient than capturing Pigeons.

Offcourse they are more efficient. If they are inefficient then the worlds most wanted terrorist would be living happily with his 4 wife's and 20 kids near their military cantonment

 

[Windjammer]

Offcourse they are more efficient. If they are inefficient then the worlds most wanted terrorist would be living happily with his 4 wife's and 20 kids near their military cantonment

Yup, they are indeed efficient unlike the drama queens with a taste for Pigeons and eggs...on the face.

RAW left with egg on its face as terror plot unravels - The Hindu

 

[MilSpec]

Well it's an official policy tool according to their defence minister?

‘You have to neutralise terrorist through terrorist only,’ says Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar | The Indian Express

brilliant logic ... How about reading the article again, slowly this time around.

 

[baajey]

chinese govt is afraid of falung gong farts