A sensitive, disturbing video has gone viral on social media platforms in which a man in uniform is seen brutally beating a half-naked man with a whip rope while another man in uniform holding a stick watches the scene. The video has gone viral with the claim that a Uyghur Muslim was beaten by a Chinese soldier for keeping the Qur’an at his home. However, D-Intent Data has found that the video is not from China, but an old incident from Indonesia and has nothing to do with religious hate crime.
Old video of Uyghur Muslim beaten by Chinese soldier disseminated with false claims
The sensitive video of a man being brutally beaten up with a whip rope or beating rope has been shared by several users and claimed to be from China.
Sharing the video, fake news peddler and propagandist account @SaffronSunanda on X (Formerly Twitter) wrote, according to this viral video. Allegedly a Chinese soldier brutally beat a Uyghur Muslim for keeping the Qur’an at his home. China knows the medicine of the most dangerous virus.
Another user @Aryan_Odisha has also shared the video and said. Allegedly a Chinese soldier brutally beat a Uyghur Muslim for keeping the Qur’an at his home. China knows the medicine of the most dangerous virus. When will India do the same?.
Several other users have also shared the sensitive video and made similar claims, their posts can be seen here. Alexandarswami, @Hanuman75181001, @NewsExpo_, @hence4rthliving
The truth about the viral video of Uyghur Muslim beaten by Chinese soldier, Fact Check
As soon as the posts containing the sensitive video of a half-naked individual being brutally beaten came to our knowledge. We tried to find if the claims made by social media users are true or false.
We did a reverse image search of some key frames from the viral video on Google which led us to media reports containing the same visuals. According to the media reports, this is an old video from Indonesia.
According to Tribunnews, this incident occurred at Depok Baru Station, Jakarta, on 13 May 2017. The victim was a suspected pickpocket, and he was arrested several times for pickpocketing. The uniformed officer was dismissed from KCJ and returned to his unit.
Moreover, Chinese civil servant Lijian Zhao has also made a post on X in 2019, he said Fake news Not Chinese language Not even Chinese police uniform!!! This is sheer propaganda against China, trying to sabotage relations between China & Muslim countries.
Hence, it is evident from D-Intent Data’s Fact Check that the entire incident has nothing to do with China and religion-based hate crimes.
Intent
Social media users, Influencers, propagandists and political workers are circulating old video of man being being whipped in Indonesia. And claiming to be of atrocities against Uyghur Muslims in China to set their narrative.
Conclusion
Claim- An Uyghur Muslim beaten up by the Chinese Soldier for keeping the Qur’an in his house.
Fact- This is not from China but an old video from Indonesia where a pickpocket was brutally beaten up in 2017. Also, it has nothing to do with religion.
Related Article: Fact-Check: Muslim Man Beaten in West Bengal – Debunking Viral Claims About Cow Slaughter – D-Intent Data (dintentdata.com)
