NEW DELHI – India's top court on Wednesday ordered the release on bail of an editor jailed in connection with a case alleging his news website received Chinese funding.Prabir Purkayastha was arrested last year after a New York Times investigation alleged that his English-language outlet NewsClick had been financially supported by a network pushing Chinese propaganda.
The court said its ruling on Purkayastha's confinement was not a statement on the merits of the ongoing case against him.Last year, the New York Times reported that NewsClick was financed by US millionaire Neville Roy Singham, saying it 'sprinkled its coverage with Chinese government talking points' — claims Singham rejected.The report also accused Singham of working closely with Beijing and of 'financing its propaganda worldwide.