The news published on the site AB-TC City News on Thursday 6 February 2020 that China was seeking “for court’s approval to kill the over 20,000 coronavirus patients to avoid further spread of the virus,” appears to be false and unverified.

The site said “The highest level of court in China, Supreme People’s Court, is expected to give an approval on Friday for the mass killing of coronavirus patients in China as sure means of controlling the spread of the deadly virus.”

The claim has been reposted on Facebook in Malawi and Zimbabwe, and republished on some Nigerian blogs.

A fact check by judicialsketch revealed that AB-TC City News has all the trappings of a junk site that could not be a trustworthy news source.

It was revealed that in 2020 alone, the site published reports claiming the UK’s Prince Andrew committed suicide, South African celebrity couple Connie and Shona Ferguson drowned on a fishing trip and students at an African university developed a coronavirus vaccine, all of which turned out to be untrue.

The site was also said to have been repeatedly publishing a certain fake article about a club being “shut down for killing patrons and selling as meat”, while changing the name of the club and its location from Australia to Belize, Canada, Guyana, Pennsylvania, Thailand, the UK, Trinidad and Tobago.

It also reported on 30 January that five Singaporeans, who hadn’t....

https://judicialsketch.com/2020/02/08/fact-check-china-never-sought-courts-approval-to-kill-20-000-coronavirus-patients/

Igbere And Co.

Rumour mongers!

In every rumour there is an element of truth