Calls to return 'veteran' to China

The case of a Chinese man, reportedly a veteran soldier, who has been unable to leave India for 54 years has triggered calls on social media for him to be repatriated.

According to a BBC report on Tuesday, Wang Qi, now in his 80s, "entered India in 1963 but could never go back" shortly after a war between the two countries in border areas.

It is unclear under what circumstances he was taken into custody by the Indian authorities and whether he is a prisoner of war, but it is believed he was not carrying any form of identification.