China stops bid by India, US to blacklist LeT leader Talha Saeed
This is the fifth time this year that Beijing is putting a hold on India's and US' bids to list Pakistan-based terrorists
China has blocked the proposal by India and the US to designate Pakistan-based terrorist and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) key leader Hafiz Talha Saeed as a 'global terrorist,' a day after Beijing did the same on another LeT activist.
LeT leader Hafiz Talha Saeed, 46, is the son of the terror outfit's chief Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind behind the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Talha Saeed was declared a terrorist by the Indian government in April this year under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), reported sources.
This is the fifth time this year that Beijing is putting a hold on India's and US' bids to list Pakistan-based terrorists.
On Tuesday, Beijing blockaded the proposal submitted by India and the US to designate LeT leader Shahid Mahmood as a global terrorist under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council.
In a notification issued on April 8, India's Home Ministry said that Talha Saeed had been involved in recruitment, fund collection, and planning and executing attacks by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in India and Indian interests in Afghanistan.
It added that he also has been calling on people during sermons to undertake 'jihad' against India, Israel, the United States of America and Indian interests in other western countries.
India added that the Talha, the head of the cleric wing of the terrorist organisation, has also been actively visiting various LeT centres across Pakistan.
The joint proposal was to add Talha Saeed under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council.
Besides blocking the proposal on Mahmood on Tuesday, Beijing had earlier foiled the bid to blacklist LeT leader Sajid Mir in September and LeT and Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader Abdul Rahman Makki.
Mir is one of India's most wanted terrorists and has a bounty of USD5 million placed on his head by the US for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
In June this year, he was jailed for over 15 years in a terror-financing case by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan, which is struggling to exit the grey list of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
