Reporter Shi Wei Zhang Yidan Editor: Cao Han
On February 24, the rumor that "online celebrity Li Saigao is a fraud in northern Myanmar" was widely spread. The cover reporter interviewed Uncle Li Saigao and himself successively. Li Saigao said that he was not involved in fraud, and the information posted online was untrue, because a police account message caused misunderstanding among netizens. He has accepted the field investigation of Yunnan police, reported the actual situation, and is waiting for follow-up investigation.
Previously, a Burmese boy, Li Saigao, became an online celebrity by virtue of his simple image to cover Chinese songs on the Chinese network, attracting millions of fans. Recently, many social platforms in China have reported that Li Saigao belongs to the North Myanmar Fraud Group, has engaged in fraud and beaten the victims.
Screenshot of online video Online celebrity "Li Saigao is a fraud in northern Myanmar" police account message triggered massive forwarding of social media
The cover reporter found that "Li Saigao is a fraud in northern Myanmar" was not only forwarded on our media account, but also reprinted on many official accounts. According to the content reproduced in these official accounts, the official account of the Public Security Bureau of Yuanshi County in Shijiazhuang once commented on Li Saigao in a video, thinking that he was a member of the art troupe of Henry Group, a fraud gang in northern Myanmar, reminding netizens to beware of fraud.
Since then, many police numbers have followed up and forwarded, including the official account of Guizhou Guiding County Public Security Bureau. According to a media interview, the staff of the public security bureau account of Guiding County responded that "not only they but also many local authorities have released the news. Now that the official has confirmed, it will not be false."
Since then, this report has been widely spread again as "the police actually beat Li Saigao's fraud". The cover reporter found that from 9:00 a.m. to 16:00 p.m. on the 24th, a certain account of Li Saigao had gained about 10000 followers.
The cover news reporter found that at present, the social account of Li Saigao is semi closed and cannot be searched on the homepage of the platform, but the users who have followed can normally browse their account content. After the account homepage is shared, others can still follow the account and view the content.
In his account, Li Saigao published 152 works, the first of which was released in November 2020, and the last update was on February 17. Li Saigao and two other men reprinted a Chinese song "Above the Palm", which was released in February, and received 33000 praise points and 69000 comments.
This is not his highest number. As of 16:00 p.m. on the 24th, Li Saigao had 1.87 million likes for his cover of "Stepping on Mountains and Rivers" with five other people a month ago, and 1.44 million likes for his cover of "Wanjiang" half a year ago. In these highly praised works, most of them have become "swindlers", "I heard you are going to cut your waist" and other information.
Li Saigao's account continues to grow Several retweeters commented on "selling bloody videos", and many social experts were also accused of "fraud"
The cover news reporter found in the search that many different social platforms have entries such as "Li Saigao" and "Li Saigao Tiaojin". In such information and comments, many people claimed that there was a video of Saigao Li beating and hurting the swindler, which caused other netizens to leave messages and ask for information.
After adding two netizens, the cover news reporter was asked to add WeChat, claiming that he needed to pay for the purchase. After paying twice, the reporter received more than a dozen bloody videos, and found that many of them were from European and American backgrounds, and Li Saigao was not seen in other Asian characters.
At the same time, many social experts were questioned by netizens about their telecom fraud in Myanmar and Cambodia, and they deceived netizens by publishing false and beautiful content through social media. One of the accounts with 600000 fans was accused by many netizens that his image was the same as Yin Mou in the list of fraudsters in Myanmar published by Jingshan County, Hubei Province.
The public list in the Jingshan public security account has attracted a lot of attention, and more than 30000 comments have soared. On February 23, Jingshan Public Security had to continuously release the top information in the account, saying that the account blogger was not the same person as Yin, and Yin had contacted Jingshan Public Security.
The cover news reporter searched and found that many police accounts such as Yuanshi County Public Security Bureau had deleted relevant information.
Li Saigao said that the online information was untrue and had been accepted by the Yunnan police investigation, waiting for the results
On February 24, Li Saijiang (not his real name), Li Saigao's uncle, told the cover reporter that he had also noticed the information about Li Saigao's fraud on the Internet. He said that when he called with Li Saigao yesterday, Li Saigao comforted him not to worry. "He didn't sound sad, but he said that I didn't need to worry and you didn't need to worry. This is a misunderstanding."
Li Saijiang said that his nephew likes singing and uploading to social platforms. "I told him that the number of fans would decline after the incident. He said that it was not a question of fans not being fans, because misunderstanding him affected him and the local government. The local government is also learning about the situation."
On the evening of the 24th, the cover reporter contacted Li Saigao. He said that with the help of Chinese staff, he went to Chuxiong and Kunming in Yunnan Province to finish junior high school, and now he is a sophomore in the junior college class of the Wa Military and Political Cadre School located in Monneng County, the Wa Government. "It was a police account message, which caused many people to say that I was a fraud. After the incident came out, the school and the local government also investigated it, and concluded that I was just an ordinary student, and did not participate in any fraud gang. My classmates and I lived and ate at school, and we could not use a mobile phone at ordinary times. When we took videos, we applied to use a mobile phone, and then handed them to the school. I have never worked in any enterprise or worked part-time. The school has specially issued a written certificate and released it through the media. "
Statement issued by Li Saigao's school Li Saigao said that at noon on the 24th, he met the police in Menglian County, Yunnan Province at school, "I am a local ordinary peasant family, and I have never participated in fraud. Today, I am very satisfied and cherish it. Things have an impact on me. Now the account has been blocked, but nothing I haven't done. I still have to keep my original intention. After the account is unsealed, I will continue to upload works. The Chinese police have been truthfully informed of the situation, and we will cooperate with our local investigation in the future when we wait for the investigation results. "
The cover reporter contacted the Publicity Department of Menglian County Party Committee and the County Public Security Bureau to try to verify. The staff of the county public security bureau office said that the interview could only be conducted with the consent of the Propaganda Department. The staff of the Publicity Department of the county party committee said that they had not received relevant information at present and could not answer whether to participate.
The staff of the Publicity Department of the Yuanshi County Party Committee said that they would check with the Public Security Bureau and then respond. After that, no one answered the phone. The SMS reply said that they were busy replying later. As of press release, the cover reporter has not received any reply.
