India, March 9 -- A Missouri court ruled against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Friday, awarding a $24 billion judgment after a federal judge found China liable for hoarding personal protective equipment (PPE) during the Covid-19 pandemic, the New York Post (NYP) reported.

Missouri district judge Stephen Limbaugh, Jr., in his ruling, said that China's actions to stockpile PPE were carried out while it misrepresented key facts about the Covid-19 virus, including its existence, severity, and human-to-human transmissibility.

"Plaintiff has submitted into the record substantial evidence demonstrating as much," Limbaugh wrote.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey hailed the ruling as a major step in holding China accountable, stati...