PLA soldiers had a fierce clash with the Indian Army in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June last year

4 PLA soldiers killed in Galwan clash: China

by · Ahmedabad Mirror

3 PLA soldiers were killed in the combat, while another soldier died while crossing river when he went to support the others

Four Chinese soldiers were killed in the fierce clash with the Indian Army in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June last year, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) acknowledged for the first time on Friday.

China’s military authorities have honoured two officers and three soldiers, including four who received the awards posthumously, for defending the country’s western border, the official Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the The People’s Liberation Army Daily, the newspaper of the Chinese military.

Five Chinese frontier officers and soldiers stationed in the Karakoram Mountains have been recognised by the Central Military Commission of China (CMC) for their sacrifice in the border confrontation with India, which occurred in the Galwan Valley in June 2020, the PLA Daily said.

The CMC is headed by Chinese President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the ruling Communist Party of China.