Exclusive: Alibaba, Jack Ma summoned by Indian court on former employee's complaint

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An Indian court has summoned Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma in a case in which a former employee in India says he was wrongfully fired after objecting to what he saw as censorship and fake news on company apps, documents seen by Reuters showed.

FILE PHOTO: Jack Ma, founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, speaks during the launch of Alibaba's office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin/File Photo

In court filings dated July 20 and previously not reported, the former employee of Alibaba’s UC Web, Pushpandra Singh Parmar, alleges the company used to censor content seen as unfavourable to China and its apps UC Browser and UC News showcased false news “to cause social and political turmoil”. UC India said in a statement it had been “unwavering in its commitment to the India market and the welfare of its local employees, and its policies are in compliance with local laws. We are unable to comment on ongoing litigation”.

The court case is the latest hurdle for Alibaba in India after the Indian government’s app ban, following which UC Web has started laying off some staff in India. One post from 2017 was headlined in Hindi: “2,000-rupee notes to be banned from midnight today”. Another headline of a 2018 post said: “Just now: War broke out between India and Pakistan” and contained description of firing across the disputed border between the countries.

 

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adityakalra Next they will summon trump for ruining modi hair style 😉

adityakalra Good luck India’s cangroo court

adityakalra Indian court itself comprised of Alibaba and fourty thieves.

adityakalra WTF😅. Jack Ma is already retired and that's clearly a political move. I mean why not summon someone who is responsible for Alibaba group operations in India.

adityakalra The joke of this Covid pandemic Year, as it infected brain cells too.

adityakalra Indians are good at telling jokes, while Chinese are lack of sense of humor 🤣🤣🤣

adityakalra Weird. Why not summon the company’s representative in India. I bet anything the Jack Ma dude doesn’t even know the Indian employee. Very cunning stunt.

adityakalra 😂😂😂

adityakalra Yes so shocking .. LOL ..

adityakalra And they say China isn't Capitalist

adityakalra Alibaba sells disgusting devices to take off the fur from and tortures dogs. Stop all AnimalCruelty

adityakalra This is such a joke😂😂😂

adityakalra Do you really think JM will go to India to attend your court?!...

adityakalra Do they know Jack ma retired?

adityakalra Have you heard Jack Ma speak in public? Dude is drugged up and high all the time . . . there's no way he'd enter India to appear in court.

adityakalra Hi,jack, hijack by local laws,you are so careless.

adityakalra We got a case of a political stunt here.

adityakalra Free shipping worldwide.

adityakalra Court wars are will be next ww apple wv now this 🤞

adityakalra Summoned the chairman of a conglomerate for an HR work at a branch level is such a silly move, obviously it's a political stunt by the Israeli Netanyahu friend Modi, he's working on behalf of Israel and the USA to harm China at all costs including the cost on his own people.

adityakalra Lol 😂

India talking about censorship and fake news 😂

Just take a look at debt ratio and credit rating of India.More and more foreign companies and investors will pull out due to terrible business environment.

Chinese government censorship will not go on forever

Yep. India is a wired county and very exclusive to foreign investors and companies

India is joke

very tough for foreign companies to do business in india. apple will learn. ...

You make me laugh

Political stunt

Following

India is really living in a dream, this behavior is no different from taking a bath with cow dung

阿三居然没来报道,评论区略冷清,无聊,还想好好看看笑话

Guess Jack doesn’t give a damn about it.

Buddha would be ashamed of India

Ye aadmi 'Ma' ha kya? Salaa china mai sab mumkin hai, Aadmi bhi Maa bann sakta hai 😂😂😂😂😍😂😍😂

Here prevails JUSTICE !

India is a rogue state,ungrateful,despicable,without reputation

Curry thinks who they are?Hahaha the funniest joke I've ever heard in today.

china india trouble

It smells like a Mike Pompeo inspired conspiracy. Someone flush the toilet.

This 'Ma' is a 'Chinese Agent'.....

obviously a trap, trying to pull off another kidnapping.

worldagainstCCP😡🖕🏼

Alibaba and his fourty thieves.

马云 要绕着阿三走啊,不然他们要灌你恒河水

jmohanmalik Now alibaba will soon kicked out with his 40 thiefs from india.

William Hung - performing SHE BANGS 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😳😳😳

Chinese bots are getting stronger!

india court release the rapists. now I really doubt what can they do.

what caste are they? are they allowed to sue foreigners?

Our response to them taking our land. Sigh

看得出来印度人民对支付宝的期盼,不惜使用传唤这么卑鄙的伎俩!

I bet you this guy Ma is an agent of Chinese Army. There is no way anyone can make so much money if he is not connected to the communist party and the army in China.

if only our country's court showed the same interest on punishing the sexual abusers

Good

raping country nasty trick

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