claim: In June 2017, police arrested a 57-year-old Chinese immigrant for selling dog meat in New York City.
origin: On 23 June 2017,Â World News Daily ReportÂ published a hoaxÂ storyÂ which appeared to report that a Chinese man had been arrested in New York City for selling hot dogs made from dog meat:Â < Xi Ping Chow, a 57-year-old Chinese immigrant, has been arrested by the NYPD this week after authorities were informed that the man was making his own hot dogs with the meat of stray dogs in the area.Â NYC food inspectors were anonymously tipped on Chowâ€™s operation which possibly involved recuperating dead dogs in dumpsters of the Animal Care Centers all over the city, report officials.Â > The story makes no reference to any corroborating media reports or official statements from the New York Police Department, and we could find no record of an arrest, trial, or incarceration of anyone by that name in New York City in June 2017. Furthermore, the photo included in the article actually shows the June 2008 arrest of Victor Yau, a Queens man accused ofÂ assault. The World News Daily Report article is the latest installment of the racially charged urbanÂ legend that Chinese restaurants and food sellers have a record of secretly serving dog meat to unsuspecting customers.Â World News Daily Report has a long history of publishing entirely fabricatedÂ stories. This is one of them.