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CBI action against NewsClick is the new addition among multiple agencies already probing the news portal for its alleged Chinese links and dubious funding | Latest News India
The Enforcement Directorate is studying the FIR filed by Delhi Police against NewsClick and its founder under the anti-terror law to see if an additional case is made out against the news portal. The federal agency is already investigating the funding of NewsClick and has seized the founder s flat. Delhi Police had registered a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against the website after a report alleged it was part of a global network to spread Chinese government propaganda. | Latest News India
NewsClick has refuted the charges, saying it never published any news or information at the behest of any Chinese entity or authority | Latest News India
This file photo shows Thai Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan. AP
BANGKOK: Three cabinet ministers in Thailand were forced to leave their posts on Wednesday after a court found them guilty of sedition for taking part in sometimes-violent protests in 2013-2014 against the government then in power.
The Criminal Court in Bangkok found Digital Economy Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta, Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan and Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Senneam guilty along with about two dozen other defendants in a case that was launched in 2018.
Nataphol was among 10 cabinet member who survived a no-confidence vote on Saturday over their performance in the current government. The verdicts can be appealed to a higher court but under the law the cabinet ministers must relinquish their jobs immediately.