India hands back Chinese soldier caught in Ladakh, Asia


Source: straitstimes.com straitstimes.com

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NEW DELHI (REUTERS) - The Indian military on Monday (Jan 11) said it had handed back a Chinese soldier held near a remote Himalayan border where thousands of troops from the two nuclear-armed neighbours have been facing off for months after a deadly clash. "The PLA soldier who had been apprehended on Jan 8, 2021, has been handed back to China at Chushul-Moldo at 10.10am today," the Indian Army said in a statement, referring to the People's Liberation Army of China. China called last Saturday for the swift return of a soldier who had gone missing a day earlier along...