Hong Kong Government did not approve any map that includes China-occupied regions as part of India - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 23, 2020
A screenshot of a tweet purportedly posted by Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carry Lam Cheng is being shared on social media claiming that the Republic of Hong Kong is going to approve a new map that includes Chinese-occupied areas: Aksai chin, Thag La ridge, Khinzemane and Tibet Autonomous region as parts of India under Union Territory Ladakh. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Hong Kong approved a new map that includes China-occupied regions under India’s territory.
Fact: Hong Kong Legislative council has not approved any such map including China-occupied regions as part of India. The photos shown in the post were related to the ‘National Anthem ordinance’ passed by the legislative council of Hong Kong. In the photo, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng is seen signing that ordinance. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When searched for the information with the keywords, It is found that the Hong Kong Legislative Council has not approved any such map including China-occupied regions in India’s territory. Hong Kong is a metropolitan area that is a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. More information about the Hong Kong legislative council could be seen here.
On reverse image search, similar photos as those shared in the post were found in a Press Release of Hong Kong Government with the title ‘CE signs National Anthem Ordinance’. This Ordinance was introduced to promote and protect China’s National Anthem in Hong Kong. Complete information about this ordinance could be seen here. Nothing related to India’s map was mentioned in this Ordinance.
The tweet shown in the post was not posted by the Carry Lam Cheng (Chief Executive of Hong Kong). It’s a fake account created in the name of Carry Lam Cheng (@carrylamcheng). Carry Lam Cheng doesn’t have an official Twitter account. In 2014, the same fake account created in the name of Carry Lam, posted tweets from India. Except for the tweets posted by this fake account in recent times, all the other posts are related to India. In 2014, a reply to the tweet posted from this account showed the profile name as ‘@dreamer_patel7’. Also, the official website of Chief Executive of Hong Kong,  shared only the Facebook and Instagram accounts links of  Carry Lam Chieng.
To sum it up, Hong Kong has not approved any map that includes China-occupied regions as part of India under Union Territory Ladakh.
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