Google explains removal of 'Mitron', 'Remove China Apps' from Play Store

Says they violated policies, even as their suspension came under criticism from some quarters

Clarifying some recent decisions to suspend apps from its Play Store, a Google executive said on Thursday that the apps violated technical policies. 

On Tuesday, Google Play Store took down Mitron, an app that garnered over five million downloads for advertising itself as an alternative to China-based TikTok. The nest day, the Play Store took down "Remove China Apps," an app that searched through China-based apps on a user's phone and helped them uninstall them. 

Both the app suspensions came under criticism from some quarters. 

Explaining the rationale for the suspension of 'Remove China Apps', Sameer Samat, Vice President, Android and Google Play,