Australian Journalist To NDTV On China's Attempt To Hide Galwan Deaths

The Klaxon's editor Anthony Klan said sources indicate 38 Chinese soldiers were killed in Galwan valley clash in June 2020

Evidence from numerous independent social media researchers in China have indicated that the People's Liberation Army lost over 40 soldiers in the Galwan valley clash in June 2020, the editor of an investigative newspaper in Australia told NDTV today.

The Klaxon's editor Anthony Klan, referring to a year-long investigation by Chinese social media researchers, said on the night of June 5, 2020, there was a confrontation between Indian and Chinese troops, after which both sides agreed to remove infrastructure on the immediate area by the Galwan river.

On June 15, the Chinese troops, however, tried to remove a makeshift bridge that Indian soldiers used to cross and check the Chinese activity, Mr Klan told NDTV, adding this sparked the violent faceoff. At least 38 Chinese soldiers who were on the bridge fell into the icy Galwan river in sub-zero temperature, got washed away and drowned, he said.

China claims four soldiers died in the clash. Twenty Indian soldiers died in action in Galwan.