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4 Apr, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Exclusive: ByteDance told an Indian court that a government freeze on its bank accounts in a probe of possible tax evasion amounts to harassment and was done illegally. @abhiruproy30 and @adityakalra report
ByteDance reduced its Indian workforce after India maintained a ban on its TikTok app, imposed last year after a border clash between India and China
India ordered HSBC and Citibank to freeze ByteDance India’s bank accounts as it probed some of the unit’s financial dealings. ByteDance challenged the freeze
None of ByteDance India’s employees have been paid their March salaries due to the account freeze, said two people familiar with the matter

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