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Author: Jerome Lizambard

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False: This photo does not show Trump shedding a tear after the US elections

23 November 202016 April 2021 Jerome Lizambard AFP, Donald Trump, Getty Images, Nicholas Kamm, US Elections 1 min read

The image has been altered from an old news photo. In the original picture, Trump is not crying. His right eye is not red.

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False: This video does not show Uyghur children “being sold” by Chinese traffickers

6 November 202016 April 2021 Jerome Lizambard and Katherine Cheng human trafficking, Uyghur, Xinjiang 3 min read

This video has been manipulated. The audio is a truncated version of a Douyin video featuring two men bargaining over products being sold on the street, which has been added to an unrelated video of a young child model.

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False: Hospital Authority did not allocate HK$3 billion to subsidize the medical fees of Hong Kongers living in Guangdong

5 October 202016 April 2021 Jerome Lizambard and Katherine Cheng budget, COVID-19, Guangdong, HA chief executive Tony Ko Pat-sing, Hospital Authority, LegCo 1 min read

The proposed amount is $103 million. It is for the Food and Health Bureau, not Hospital Authority.

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