Lighthouse Journalism found a video being widely circulated on social media platforms claiming a member of the Meitei activist organization, Arambai Tenggol was beating an innocent man. During the investigation, we found that the video was from Myanmar, not India.
Claim:
X user Eongyoo kips shared the video with a false claim.
Other users too are sharing the video with the same claim.
Investigation:
We started the investigation by uploading the video in the InVid tool and running a reverse image search on the keyframes obtained from the video.
We found a video uploaded seven days ago, on YouTube channel JUN.
The video was titled: Illegal detention of victims and grave atrocities in Myanmar’s Myawaddy Industrial Park。缅甸妙瓦底园区的罪行。
We also found the video uploaded on Facebook on 18th January.
We also found the video uploaded on X, on January 15.
The post also suggested that the video was from Myanmar.
We also found the video uploaded on Instagram.
We found the video on the X handle of @SOHTV_NEWS.
The caption (translation) mentioned: Characteristics of people defrauded into Myanmar. After analyzing the information of more than 800 people defrauded into Myanmar, the following patterns are found: 1. Age: mostly young people aged 20-30, accounting for nearly 60%. 2. Gender: males account for The vast majority, nearly 95% 3. Location of loss of contact: Yunnan port, followed by Bangkok and Guangxi ports 4. Resettlement locations: northern Myanmar, eastern Myanmar and Shan State (part of the Golden Triangle) 5. Reason for being defrauded: high salary Work is the main reason, accounting for nearly 70%, including but not limited to catering, filming, carrying goods, etc., followed by applying for loans, which are all related to money. There are also a small number of people who are defrauded due to reasons such as online dating and travel. 6. Knock on the blackboard: Thailand is the main source, destination and transit country for human trafficking in Southeast Asia. About 70,000 Chinese are sold from Thailand to Myanmar every year, which is equivalent to nearly 200 people being sold there every day. Here’s a message to the Chinese common people: “It’s easy to break a thief in the mountains, but it’s hard to break a thief in the heart.” Know where to stop, don’t be greedy, and hold on to the money in your hands! Don’t trust anyone!
We also found the post on the X handle of, Lanjian Zhao.
The caption mentioned (translation): [Crazy abuse: Hundreds of thousands of Chinese were abused]
[Chinese Communist Party Government: They deserve what they deserve for engaging in electronic fraud]
The most terrifying person in the Wang Xing incident was the staff of the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar. Tell Wang Xing’s girlfriend to go to a small town in Myanmar to report a crime.
Hundreds of thousands of Chinese are already trapped in Myawaddy, Myanmar. Why don’t the embassy staff understand? Hundreds of thousands of people disappeared within 7-8 years, and many people had their organs harvested alive and fed to giant crocodiles.
The Chinese Embassy wants Wang Xing’s girlfriend to also become hundreds of thousands +1. A girl who goes to Myanmar to report a crime is tantamount to surrendering herself to arrest.
Conclusion: An unrelated video of abuse from Myanmar is being shared with false claims of a Meitei activist from Arambai Tenggol, a Meitei organization assaulting a man. The viral claim is false.
