Fake Hong Kong government press release congratulating city-born porn star in Japan reported to police
- Fake release in the name of culture chief Kevin Yeung sparks debate after it was posted on online forum
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A fake press release that congratulated a Hong Kong woman who became a star in the Japanese adult film industry that appeared to come from the city’s culture chief has been reported to police.
Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung Yun-hung’s team acted after the fake, which looked like it came from the government’s media office, was circulated on online forum LIHKG on Wednesday.
The “release” congratulated Erena So, originally from the city, after she became an exclusive actress for a Japanese adult filmmaker and online pornography platform.
But a spokesman for the Culture, Sport and Tourism Bureau “sternly clarified that the fake press release was not issued via the government news and media information system and the case has been reported to the police”.
The release was written in the same style as a genuine one from Yeung that congratulated Malaysian-born actress Michelle Yeoh, who became a star in Hong Kong in the 1980s and 90s, after she won the Oscar for best actress for sci-fi comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once this week.
