After the video clips of a jet burning and a pilot lying on the ground went viral with #Taiwan trending top on Twitter, the Taiwan Defence Ministry has refuted the claims that the country shot down a Chinese PLAAF aircraft saying that the information is fake news.
The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China confirmed that the information was ‘false’ and ‘completely untrue’.
In its statement, it said that the Air Force Command strongly condemns such malicious acts of deliberating, creating and disseminating false information on the internet in an attempt to confuse people.
The Ministry of National Defense also tweeted urging netizens to not spread fake news and strongly condemned the act.
In response to rumors online that claim a Chinese Su-35 fighter jet had been shot down by Taiwan air defense systems, #ROCAirForce would like to categorically state this is fake news. We urge netizens to not spread it and strongly condemn this malicious act.
— 國防部 Ministry of National Defense, R.O.C. (@MoNDefense) September 4, 2020
Earlier, videos surfaced on social media claiming that a Chinese Sukhoi 35 aricraft of the People’s Liberation Army-Air Froce (PLAAF) was shot down by Taiwan’s Air Defence systems.