[Jiang Zemin's death]ATV falsely reported his death in 2011, the Liaison Office of the Central Committee severely criticized the violation of journalistic professional ethics

On July 6, 2011, Asia Television News reported that Jiang Zemin died of illness at the age of 84, which was later confirmed to be a false report.

Former President Jiang Zemin passed away at noon today (30th) at the age of 96. According to Xinhua News Agency, Jiang Zemin died in Shanghai at 12:13 noon due to leukemia and multiple organ failure. CCTV News also announced: “Comrade Jiang Zemin passed away in Shanghai due to illness.”

Over the years, news of Jiang Zemin’s death has been misreported many times, and his health has always been concerned by the outside world. The most striking thing was that on July 6, 2011, Hong Kong’s ATV reported Jiang Zemin’s death without official confirmation from his family. Xinhua News Agency later clarified that some media reports about Jiang Zemin’s death were pure rumors. The Liaison Office criticized ATV for seriously violating journalistic ethics and expressed great indignation. ATV withdrew the report on the same day and apologized to the audience and Jiang Zemin.

Afterwards, ATV announced that Leung Ka Wing, Senior Vice President of the News Department, resigned for personal reasons, and Vice President Tam Wai Yee also resigned. Leung Ka Wing explained at the time that he had tried his best but still could not stop the news from going out, so he took the blame and resigned. He also implied that there was pressure from the top to broadcast the report.

【News Feature】Jiang Zemin passed away

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