Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Weibo account in China was emptied on Wednesday after his picture, posts, and comments were removed from the handle.
The removal of all information from Modi's Weibo came 10 days after at least three official statements, including that of the Prime Minister, were deleted from the official account of the Indian Embassy on the popular social media app, VChat.
It was not immediately clear when Modi's Weibo handle was taken down, but on Wednesday, the page was blank.
It is also in the background of India's ban on 59 Chinese apps on Monday due to security and data breach concerns. On Wednesday, all information, including his profile photo, was removed from Modi's account.
Modi's Weibo account was set up in 2015 amid much fanfare and publicity before his first visit to China as Prime Minister. Since then, the account has had 244,000 followers, most of them Chinese.
Since 2015, but apart from this year, Modi had congratulated President Xi Jinping on his birthday on June 15. He also published messages on Sino-Indian relations, especially after his meetings with XI.
Modi's posts on Weibo were in Chinese. 'We are taking action to close the account,' an Indian embassy source said.
So far, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has not commented on the development.
Violence between Indian and Chinese troops in the eastern Ladakh Valley region, and ongoing tensions, have led to fears of abruptly removing Modi's Weibo account and removing Indian government posts on Chinese social media.
While 20 Indian soldiers were killed, the Chinese government has not yet disclosed the casualties to the People's Liberation Army (PLA), although China has admitted to international diplomats about its own casualties. What is it.
On June 20, a day before the deletion of VChat posts, a statement from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) regarding India's position on the ongoing border tensions with China, embassy officials removed from Weibo's account. Was mysteriously deleted.
Tencent, a well-known Chinese tech company that owns WeChat, did not respond to HT's questions about the Indian government's official statements.
However, the message that popped up on WeChat when MEA's statement about the Galway Valley clash was clicked and said: 'This content has been reported and verified from the following platforms:' Before this "There is a suspicion of violation of relevant laws, regulations," Mandarin said. And policies. '
As it turns out, according to VChat, the spokesman's statement was removed because it contained material prohibited by state laws and regulations.
The long list of rules includes: 'endangers national security, infringes on state secrets, undermines state power, or undermines national unity, incites hatred, misinformation Spreading, inciting illegal assembly, mass gatherings or demonstrations to disturb public order.
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