Chinese couple fake ‘domestic violence’ videos for live-stream sales, detained by police
Latest fake online content case comes after year-long crackdown targeting online rumours which has seen authorities make more than 1,500 arrests
A couple in southwestern China have been detained for making sad fishing videos about domestic violence on the wife to boost online traffic.
Police in Kunming, Yunnan province, placed the husband, surnamed Cai, and his wife, surnamed Li under five-day administrative detention after they fabricated videos and caused a negative impact on society, reported the mainland news outlet The Paper.
Cai confessed to the police that he was jealous of online celebrities who made huge profits from live-streaming.
In the hope of attracting attention online, he and his wife scripted and performed self-directed short dramas in the videos.
One of their most viral clips showed Li, who was portrayed as being fed up with Cai’s domestic violence, escaped from home but was soon caught by him and restrained in a small room.
In the video, the woman was seen sitting in a corner of a shabby house, sobbing. Covered with a dirty quilt, the woman asked her husband for food, but her request was rejected.
