China said on Thursday it has returned an Indian citizen who entered “illegally” into Chinese territory at the disputed border between the two countries.
The Indian citizen was found in recent days by Chinese border guards during a patrol, said a spokesman for the Western Theater Command, Colonel Long Shaohua in a statement.
The individual “illegally entered Chinese territory and then was routinely questioned, quarantined and observed in accordance with relevant border control regulations, and given humanitarian assistance,” Long said in the statement posted on the official WeChat account of the Western Theater of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
The individual was returned following discussions between the Indian military and the Chinese side after India.
