Xinhua News Agency, Taiyuan, February 25th (reporter Jingguo Hu) - At dawn on the 25th, the Shanxi Provincial Public Security Department informed reporters that public security organs recently administratively detained five people who spread "earthquake rumors" according to law. These five individuals have fully confessed to their illegal acts.
From the evening of February 20th to the early morning of the 21st, due to "earthquake rumors," some residents in Jinzhong, Taiyuan, Lüliang, Changzhi, and Yangquan of Shanxi Province left their homes to evade the earthquake. After the incident occurred, Shanxi Province quickly released information refuting the rumors through television, the internet, mobile phone text messages, and other platforms to stabilize public sentiment and rapidly restore normal production and living order. Public security organs immediately launched an investigation into the source of the rumors. Currently, the identities of those spreading the rumors have been ascertained.