NEW DELHI — 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 (Oct 6). A Xiaomi India spokesperson strongly denied the accusation. A spokesperson from Vivo did not respond immediately to repeated requests for comment....
A man walks past a logo of Xiaomi, a Chinese manufacturer of consumer electronics, outside a shop in Mumbai, India, May 11, 2022.NEW DELHI — 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 .
The complaint, a copy of which has been seen by Reuters, accused NewsClick's Purkayastha of conspiring with a little-known voluntary group to disrupt India's sovereignty and cause disaffection. A senior police officer confirmed the document was genuine and that it made allegations about those two companies."We have no knowledge about this. We strongly deny the said allegation against Xiaomi in the FIR," the spokesperson for Xiaomi India said, referring to the First Information Report as a police complaint is formally called in India.
"The completely absurd nature of allegations in the FIR clearly show that the proceedings initiated against NewsClick are nothing but a blatant attempt to muzzle the free and independent press in India," NewsClick said in a statement on Friday.
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