A Chinese provincial government has expressed anger at state-run media for publishing wrong information about the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak, an internal government document reveals.
Since early April, Heilongjiang, China’s northeasternmost province, has been hit by second-wave infections, as cluster outbreaks are reported in hospitals and neighborhoods in the provincial capital of Harbin and Mudanjiang, another city in the province.
In interviews with The Epoch Times, residents have expressed panic and fear as authorities have failed to be transparent information about the local outbreak.
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State broadcaster CCTV was chastised by the Heilongjiang government for spreading incorrect information about a local resident whom authorities have identified as “patient zero” of the second-wave outbreak, according to a leaked document that was obtained by The Epoch Times. The document is a report drafted by a working team in the provincial government following an investigation about the outbreak in Harbin on April 30.
CCTV is a subsidiary of National Radio and Television Administration, a central government agency that oversees China’s television and radio industries.
“On the evening of April 14, CCTV misreported Han Peixi as a man. It caused a lot of chaotic public comments and rumors were spreading all around the country, which seriously damaged the image of Harbin and even Heilongjiang,” the document reads.
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