Chinese riding on two vehicles are reported to have entered into the Indian territory along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at forward area of Dokbuk Kakjung in Kuyul Nyoma near Changthang in Leh district but returned after local officers of civil administration and people reached the spot and objected to their presence on the Indian side. Incursions by the Chinese nomads took place on December 17. Reports said the Indian nomads were not going for grazing their cattle in Dokbuk Kakjung area for the past few years but this time they went there along with their cattle. On December 17, seven Chinese riding on two vehicles reached the area and objected to presence of the Indian nomads. Officers from civil administration and local people reached the spot and surrounded the Chinese vehicles. Reports said the Chinese were told categorically that the area belonged to India and there was no dispute over it. They told the Chinese that people were not grazing their cattle in the area for the past few years as they didn’t feel such requirement. “The Chinese were forced to leave the Indian Territory within few minutes,” reports said. However, it couldn’t be ascertained whether all Chinese in the two vehicles were nomads or some People’s Liberation Army (PLA) personnel had mixed with them. As per the reports, even if the people were nomads they might have been provided the vehicles by the Chinese army.
