China has called for a “thorough investigation” after a social media account belonging to its ambassador liked a foot fetish film.
“China has always adhered to the principle of making lip service to noninterference in internal affairs so they can murder their own people without condemnation by the world,” a man describing himself as a “MAGA” follower, “Asiaphile” and “nemesis of social engineering in all its forms” said in response to one of Mr Liu’s tweets.
“The Embassy has reported this to Twitter company and urged the latter to make thorough investigations and handle this matter seriously,” the embassy said in“The Embassy reserves the right to take further actions and hope that the public will not believe or spread such rumour,” the statement added.Mr Liu’s account has been sterilised and now only lists two of his own posts as liked tweets.
Mr Pyne accused someone of trying to make “mischief over the plebiscite” as Australia prepared to eventually vote that gay people should be allowed to get married.and the matter had been referred to the AFP, whose investigation later found that was not true.
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