A Facebook post claiming that Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) said the Taiwan flag would be banned from the World Masters Games was confirmed to be fake news by police last night.
Police found that a 49-year-old man surnamed Huang (黃) made the post and referred him to prosecutors on suspicion of contravening Article 63 of the Social Order Maintenance Act (社會秩序維護法).
A widely circulated Facebook post on the fan page “Citizen Review — Legislative Supervision Zone” yesterday at 9am said that Chiang had announced that the Taiwan flag would not be allowed at World Masters Games venues.
Photo: Tien Yu-hua, Taipei Times
The post said that the “five-star flag,” referring to the national flag of China, was acceptable.
The Taipei Police Department said in a news release last night that the World Masters Games executive committee confirmed this to be false information.
Police found that the fan page was managed by Huang, who was summoned for questioning and admitted to making the post.
Police urged the public not to spread false information online, as this would be punished in accordance with laws to maintain social order.
Chiang said this morning that the Games executive committee confirmed there are no restrictions on the public bringing national flags to cheer on athletes.
Games executive committee chair Lin Che-hung (林哲宏) previously said that while athletes would not be allowed to bring national flags on stage during medal ceremonies, there would be no restrictions on photographs taken after the ceremony.
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