Everything I've seen has indicated that was an overreaction/misinformation by one particular news outlet -- it's really easy for misinformation to spread, especially when dealing with language barriers and iffy translations. I would be really suspicious of any statement like that, since rumor spreads really quickly in a case like this!

At any rate, I don't want this comment thread to turn into a place for people to vent frustrations with LJ -- we like to keep the comments in official DW-related journals on DW-specific stuff.