China fines two for staged 'slum marriage' video

(ECNS) — Chinese police have fined two people for posting a fake video that falsely claimed a Chinese woman was trapped in a foreign slum and begging to return home.

Investigators said a 22-year-old man surnamed Yang and his 25-year-old girlfriend Chen staged and filmed the video to gain followers and sell products via livestreaming. The clip misled viewers, went viral online, and was deemed to have disrupted public order.

Both have received administrative penalties, police said.