Very fake and implausible
The fabricated content of the post is: "Several villagers were holding a woman on a stool. A big man was holding a knife, and he stabbed the woman's throat with one slash."
Obvious flaws
There is no "North River Administration Area" in Yangchun City. North River Village is just a very small village, one of the most remote mountainous Village Committees in Songbai Town. The photos above have obvious traces of PS.
Yangjiang News (reporter Gan Yongyu, correspondent Zhi Xiong Wu, and Kai Fang) - Lei Mou, a young man from Yangchun, fabricated the "cannibalism incident" in Yangchun on the Internet due to fabricating facts and spreading them, causing panic in society and inviting jail time for himself.
Reporters learned yesterday from the Yangchun Procuratorate that Lei Mou was recently sentenced to two years in prison for the crime of "intentionally fabricating and spreading false information."
Fabricated events to increase click rates
In July last year, while working in Guangzhou, Lei Mou often went to Internet cafes. In order to increase the click rate of his registered QQ space, he fabricated a post titled "Cannibalism Incident Appears in Songbai Town, Yangchun City" on his own space and pasted four horrifying pictures of men butchering a naked woman onto the post.
Lei Mou deliberately posted this post extensively on the Internet, resulting in its rapid widespread transmission online. By the time of the incident, there were 148 reposts and 165,260 clicks and views, causing panic in society.
Too far-fetched content
The main content of the post is: Since 2004, frequent disappearances of children, middle-aged people, and the elderly have occurred in Songbai Town, Yangchun City. In June 2009, a senior high school girl disappeared while visiting a reservoir in the morning. When a reporter surnamed Chen from a local newspaper was investigating in "a village built against the mountain in the North River Administration Area," he suddenly saw "several villagers holding a woman on a stool. A big man was holding a knife and stabbed the woman's throat with one slash."
This post was vividly written but had obvious flaws: There is no "North River Administration Area" in Yangchun City. North River Village is just a very small village, one of the most remote mountainous Village Committees in Songbai Town. The photos above have obvious traces of PS. Local informed villagers found it incredible, too far-fetched. However, some netizens who were unaware of the situation still half-believed and half-doubted it.
Blind fabrication too exaggerated
Not long after posting, out of fear and criticism from netizens, Lei Mou deleted the post and set a restricted access password for his space. However, Lei Mou's rescue action was too late. His published posts and the strong reactions of the citizens of Yangchun drew high attention from the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Yangchun Municipal Government. After careful verification by relevant departments, it was determined that the content stated in Lei Mou's post was purely fictional.
Constituting the crime of intentional fabrication of false information
On August 7 last year, after being arrested by the public security organs, Lei Mou was prosecuted by the Yangchun Procuratorate according to law. After the court trial, Lei Mou was found guilty of intentionally fabricating and spreading false information and was sentenced to two years in prison.
Regarding this case, the prosecutor believed that the Internet is a relatively free domain, but when citizens speak online, they must not affect others or fabricate facts, nor can they fabricate false or terrifying information that may cause social panic and public unease. This is responsible for others and also responsible for society.