It has been claimed that a man wearing a mask and secretly looking under a woman’s skirt is from India and was captured on camera in Japan. The video has gone viral.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @stairwayto3dom shared the video and tweeted “INDIAN IN JAPAN” on April 9, 2024. The tweet has received an about 601.6k views on X.
INDIAN IN JAPAN pic.twitter.com/JPLOraFeE4
— The Saviour (@stairwayto3dom) April 8, 2024
Several other accounts, including @AsianDigest, @mawar_poetih, @FariSikder, @RahulAgrawaI, @HassasHaberler, @barrystantonGBP made the same claim that the masked man from India secretly looked under a woman’s skirt in Japan. The archive can be read from above.
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
These allegations regarding the accused’s Indian male identity are untrue. The man’s identity was left unsaid when the video was first shared on Chinese social media platforms by a number of Chinese accounts. There is no confirmed source confirming the man’s Indian heritage, nor the precise location or veracity of the video. Upon closer inspection, the accused is clearly Chinese, not Indian, and the letters that are visible are Chinese; as a result, the video originates from China. We visited sohu.com, which posted the video on 03/04/24 with the caption “Seeing that no one was paying attention, the man leaned over and peeked under the girl’s skirt many times. The incident was captured on surveillance camera”. Further, we went to posts.careerengine.us, which posted about this with the heading “Shocking! A man in a shopping mall actually stuck his head into a girl’s skirt to peek at her, which is horrifying!” on April 5, 2024.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) April 9, 2024
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows a masked man secretly looking under a woman's skirt has been shared, claiming that the man is from India and was caught on camera in Japan. The fact is that these claims about the accused being an Indian man are false. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/bOSm2RS1Qz
Intent:
Anti-India propaganda accounts are circulating unverified videos with false claims to set their propaganda against India. A video that shows a masked man secretly looking under a woman’s skirt has been shared, claiming that the man is from India and was caught on camera in Japan. These allegations that the accused is an Indian man are untrue. Previously, the video was shared on Chinese social media platforms by multiple Chinese accounts, without mentioning the man’s identify. There is no confirmed source proving the man is Indian, nor is the precise location or validity of the video confirmed. When attentively examined, it is evident that the accused is Chinese, not Indian, and that the letters that are visible are Chinese; as a result, the video is from China.
Conclusion:
Claim : The man, allegedly from India, is shown in a video purportedly taken in Japan surreptitiously looking under a woman’s skirt.
Fact : The fact is that these claims about the accused being an Indian man are false. The video was posted previously by several Chinese accounts on Chinese social media platforms, and the identity of the man was not mentioned. The exact location and the authenticity of the video are not verified, and no verified source of the man being an Indian. Looking closely, the accused is undoubtedly Chinese, not Indian, and the visible letters are Chinese; hence, this video is from China.
