Arrested for spreading false rumors about 'vampires'

Two young men edited, cropped, and inserted ghostly content into horror images to scare students.

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The Investigation Police Agency of Song Ma District Police (Son La) said that the unit has just detained Lo Van Pham (18 years old, in Muong Hung Commune) and Tran Duy Quyen (20 years old, in Chieng Khuong Commune, both in Song Ma District, Son La Province) to investigate the act of spreading false propaganda and superstition.

One of the two young men spreading false and superstitious rumors.

According to initial investigation results, in early March, many localities in Song Ma district suddenly had many ghostly and superstitious rumors, causing public confusion and fear. During this time, due to the influence of the above rumors, 20 students in 114/470 villages in 11/19 communes and towns of Song Ma district had to drop out of school, not daring to go to school because of fear. In many places, people also did not dare to go out at night.

During the investigation, Song Ma District Police clarified that Pham and Quyen were the two young men behind the above ghostly rumors. Their method was to search for and use images and videos from horror movies and tragic images of traffic accidents on the internet, then edit, cut, and insert comments with superstitious and threatening content.

They also propagated the so-called "Vampires" appearing to capture people to confuse and panic people.

At the police station, Pham and Quyen initially admitted their actions.

According to Zing