Old video from Thailand has been shared in an incorrect context. It has no communal angle.
A disturbing video of a man being brutally assaulted has gone viral on social media with the claim that he was beaten up for offering Namaz in public place. In the video, the victim is sitting on his knees before a man starts hitting him. They are both in an indoor setting where other people can be seen sitting around a big table in the background.
The caption of the viral post states, “Prayers, and religious practices are not allowed in public places in China. A Uighur #Muslim was brutally thrashed by a man from another community while offering #Namaz in a public place”
The same post has been shared on Twitter as well.
Fact Check-
A reverse image search on Google revealed that the viral video was from 2020. ‘Ruang lao chao nee’ or ‘Stories for this morning’, a morning news show carried by Channel 3—a Thai free-to-air television network—posted the same video on its YouTube channel (@MorningNewsTV3) on 3 December, 2020.
The video title roughly translates to: “Man joins debt collection gang. Thrashed for failing to recover money from his customers, put on bed rest for 3 days.” According to the video description, the incident is from Mueang Samut Sakhon, the capital district of Samut Sakhon province in central Thailand. It further said that an employee of a ‘debt collection company’ was assaulted for not being able to recover dues from customers.
The victim admitted that he was aware that the company provides instant loans by distributing business cards at various places, and employees like him were required to collect the owed amount with interest from customers. The incident reportedly took place in January 2020 when the victim could not recover the dues from a customer. He secretly deposited another customer’s money into the required account. However, his employer figured out the discrepancy and beat him up, as captured in the viral video. The description also said that the victim suffered severe physical trauma and was bedridden for three days but did file a police complaint out of fear.
We also came across a report by E Chan, dated 2 December, 2020. According to it the incident happened in January 2020 under the Muang Samut Sakhon Police Station. It further stated that the victim had filed a complaint with the police, and “summons have been issued for the perpetrators and others to acknowledge the allegations.”
Matichon, a Thai-language national daily newspaper, had also reported on the incident on 30 November, 2020 along with the same viral video.
Other reports on the incident can be seen here and here.
Conclusion-
As a result, we can conclude that the video does not depict a man being punished for publicly offering Namaz in China. An old video from Thailand has been shared in an incorrect context.
Title:Muslim man being punished for publicly offering Namaz in China- Know the truth
Written By: Usha Manoj
Result: Missing-Context
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