ED summons to China.

"Neville Roy Singham, a US-born entrepreneur who made millions after founding and selling an IT consulting firm called Thoughtworks, and his wife Jodie Evans, the co-founder of left-wing anti-war group Code Pink, have been the primary funders of a group called The People's Forum since 2017," which has "played a role in organizing several pro-Palestine protests since Hamas' attack on Oct 7." Fox. "What is less known, and is hidden amid a tangle of non-profit groups and shell companies, is that Singham works closely with the Chinese government media machine and is financing its propaganda worldwide. From a think tank in Massachusetts to an event space in Manhattan, from a political party in South Africa to news organizations in India and Brazil, NYT tracked hundreds of millions of dollars to groups linked to Singham that mix progressive advocacy with Chinese government talking points." DH. Singham lives in Shanghai. "In New Delhi, corporate filings show, Singham's network financed NewsClick that sprinkled its coverage with Chinese government talking points." "NewsClick in a statement on their website said the allegations were false and misleading." ET. "China has been refusing to cooperate with the Enforcement Directorate's summons to Shanghai-based Neville Roy Singham for his alleged involvement in funneling funds to media portal NewsClick." "Despite the Chinese authorities' refusal to serve the summons, the ED has issued fresh summons through the Ministry of External Affairs to request his presence in India for questioning." ET. This is the same Ministry whose Minister S Jaishankar has "asked the Canadian government to provide evidence backing its claim that Indian agents were involved in Nijjar's assassination" over two months after Canada requested India's cooperation. TOI. The ED is probably deluded by its unbridled powers to persecute Indian citizens into thinking that its powers extend to a US citizen living in China. The Prevention of Money- Laundering Act, 2002 empowers the ED to summon an "overseas principal" who is defined as an "individual residing outside India, who owns or controls or manages, directly or indirectly, the activities or functions of payment system in India". Indian Kanoon. This means that any citizen of any country in the world is subservient to the Indian ED. As on 31 March 2023, foreign institutional investors (FII) held 20.56% of Indian stocks. BT. So, the ED can summon any of the directors of these funds and they would have to drop everything, jump on to a plane and fly all the way to India to kowtow to ED. "The law is a ass - a idiot," said Mr Bumble. Charles Dickens.