India’s strong response to China’s bullying: ‘It will not be right if our citizens are harassed’

India has warned China in very strong words that it should stop deliberately targeting and arbitrarily detaining Indian citizens. Additionally, the government has also issued a travel advisory for its citizens, stating that anyone traveling to China or going through there to any other country should take extra precautions. India’s strict stance comes after a woman from Arunachal Pradesh was mistreated and detained for 18 hours at the Shanghai airport last month. What is the whole matter after all?Prema Wangjom, a resident of Arunachal Pradesh. Thongdok was going from London to Japan on 21 November. His flight had a three-hour stop at Shanghai Airport. But what the Chinese immigration officials did to her here was shocking. Prema has alleged that the Chinese officials refused to accept her Indian passport. His argument was that since Prema’s birthplace is Arunachal Pradesh, she is a part of China. On the basis of this absurd claim, they kept Prema in illegal custody for 18 hours and mentally harassed her. India gave a blunt reply to China. After this shameful incident, India strongly raised this matter with China and has now publicly issued a strong warning. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal clearly said: “We want an assurance from China that in future, Indian citizens passing through any Chinese airport will not be deliberately targeted, arbitrarily detained or harassed. China will have to respect the rules related to international air travel.” India has termed this action of China as a violation not only of international rules, but also of the rules of China itself which citizens of any country should not follow. Allows transit without visa for 24 hours. With this, India has once again made it clear to the whole world that Arunachal Pradesh was, is and will always be an integral and unbreakable part of India.