VietNamNet Bridge – Police in northern Bac Ninh Province’s Thuan Thanh District have detained Nguyen Ba Manh for disseminating false information regarding the widespread tapeworm infections on Facebook.

Nguyen Ba Manh was detained for posting false information on the widespread tapeworm infections among children at his local kindergarten. He is pictured at the police office in northern Bac Ninh Province. — VNA/VNS Photo

Manh, 33, from Thuan Thanh District’s Ngu Thai Commune was summoned by local police on Tuesday for a Facebook post stating local Ngu Thai Kindergarten had used tapeworm-infected pork on meals cooked for children.

Manh reportedly admitted that he had posted two photos of tapeworm-infected pork on his Facebook page, saying that parents in Ngu Thai Commune needed to speak up against the use of contaminated pork in meals for children.

He admitted the post was untrue.

Local police requested Mạnh delete the status and post another to apologise for the inaccurate information, which caused panic and triggered local disorder.

The case is under further investigation.

On the same day, two Facebook users in southernmost Ca Mau Province were given warnings from local authorities for posting inaccurate information about African swine fever among pigs in the province.

Nguyen Bao Tran, 26, in Ca Mau City, and Pham Hoang Yen, 22, in Tran Van Thoi District, admitted to the provincial’s Department of Information and Communications inspectorate that they had posted statuses about a new outbreak of African swine fever among pigs in Ca Mau Province.

The status was shared over 2,200 within two hours.

The post has since been deleted.  

On March 18, Facebook user Doan Phuong Loan, 30, in southern Bac Lieu Province’s Hoa Binh District was also given a warning for spreading false information about an African swine outbreak in the province.

Loan removed the post. 

Source: VNS