Misuse of images of long-dead people to call for charity

Over the past few days, on the social network Facebook, the Tam Huong Buddha account posted pictures with content about 3 people in a family drowning to call for charity: Around 3:00 p.m. September 9 /2022 on the Vu Gia River in Dai Cuong and Dai Nghia communes (Dai Loc district, Quang Nam province), a boat capsized, killing 6 people and injuring 4 people.

According to this social network account, 3/6 of the dead victims were relatives of a family in Khuong My village (Dai Cuong commune, Dai Loc district, Quang Nam province). This family belongs to the difficult area of ​​the locality and only knows how to farm all year round to make ends meet, so they have no funeral expenses and no grave.

At the end of the article, the Tam Huong Buddha account is left. The account number with the account owner, Luu Thi Dao, opened at Vietcombank, calling on people to send money to support.

After more than a day of posting the article, it received thousands of likes. ) and commented with hundreds of shares.

According to the reporter’s research, the content in the article and the images are real events. However, the boat capsizing incident happened on February 25, 2020, not September 9, 2022 as posted by Tam Huong Phat Facebook account.

Regarding this incident, Mr. Le Van Quang – Chairman of Dai Loc district – said he had directed the district police to deploy professional measures to investigate and clearly identify the person posting this information and handle it according to the law. At the same time, direct information about the incident so that people can know.