HONG KONG: Hong Kong security chief Chris Tang Ping-keung vowed to fully support further regulations on fake news, as some media outlets had played an inflammatory role in the past few years in instigating social conflicts.

Citing Apple Daily which closed down at the end of last year, the security chief stressed in an interview with the China News Service on Sunday that the now-defunct infamous tabloid poisoned the mindset of Hong Kong residents, especially misled the youth to have a wrong perception about the nation or government.

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