The incident occurred during negotiations between the military, the CPC Central Committee has pointed out
Four soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army of China (PLA) were killed in June during clashes on the Sino-Indian border in the mountainous region of Ladakh. This was stated in a statement published on Friday on the Weibo account of the Political and Legal Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China social network .
In June 2020, during negotiations between the military on the border between the two countries, Indian soldiers attempted to cross the Line of Actual Control, it said. According to the report, a squad of PLA troops stationed at the border with the head of the Chinese delegation to the talks, Commander Qi Fabao, and several officers, tried to stop the enemy despite the numerical superiority of the enemy.
According to the report, the Indian soldiers were armed with steel rods, sticks and stones. Qi Fabao stepped forward and demanded that the Indian military immediately leave the area and return behind the line of effective control. However, the enemy launched an attack and hand-to-hand combat ensued.
Qi Fabao was in front of the line of his soldiers, immediately caught in the middle of the skirmish and severely injured. Battalion commander Chen Hongjun and soldier Chen Xiangzhong rushed to his rescue and attempted to drag the commander to the back of the ranks, they themselves were seriously injured and killed. The soldier Xiao Siyuan, who was videotaping the clash to collect evidence rushed into the fray and also died from his injuries. Another soldier, Wang Zhuzhan, helped a fellow soldier cross a mountain river, but he himself fell into the icy torrent and died.
Qi Fabao was awarded the State Border Defence Medal. Battalion Commander Chen Hongjun and soldiers Chen Xiangrong, Xiao Xiyuan and Wang Zhozhan were awarded the State Border Protection Medal posthumously.