Chinese state-owned newspaper China Daily, however, claimed that Hong Kong protesters were planning massive terror attacks.
Hong Kong activists called off protests on Wednesday in remembrance of the Sept 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and denounced a Chinese state newspaper report that they were planning"massive terror" in the Chinese-ruled city.
"Anti-government fanatics are planning massive terror attacks, including blowing up gas pipes, in Hong Kong on September 11," the Hong Kong edition of thesaid on its Facebook page alongside a picture of the attacks on the twin towers in New York. The post said,"leaked information was part of the strategy being schemed by radical protesters in their online chat rooms".
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said she will withdraw the bill but many Hong Kong residents fear Beijing is steadily eroding the autonomy of the Asian financial hub."We don’t even need to do a fact check to know that this is fake news," said one protester, Michael, 24, referring to the"The state media doesn’t care about its credibility. Whenever something they claimed to have heard on WhatsApp or friends’ friends, they will spread it right away.
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