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Sea e-commerce arm Shopee to shut down India operations

A man passes in front of a video wall showing advertisements of Shopee, the e-commerce arm of Southeast Asia’s Sea Ltd, at their office in Singapore on March 5, 2021. (Reuters photo)

SINGAPORE: Singapore-based e-commerce and gaming firm Sea Ltd said on Monday it is withdrawing from India’s retail market just months after beginning operations there, citing “global market uncertainties”.

The business withdrawal comes weeks after Sea’s e-commerce arm, Shopee, said it was pulling out of France and after India banned Sea’s popular gaming app “Free Fire.

After the ban, the market value of New York-listed Sea dropped by US$16 billion in a single day, leading some investors to cut holdings in it.

Shopee said in a statement it would…

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