A disturbing video showing a young man hitting and kicking a young girl is being widely shared across social media platforms (here, here, here, and here). The accompanying claim suggests that the video depicts a Muslim man mercilessly beating his Hindu girlfriend. In this article, let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video showing a Muslim man mercilessly beating his Hindu girlfriend.
Fact: The viral video dates back to 2022 and originates from Malaysia. According to reports, the boy and girl featured in the video are siblings, and the boy thrashed his sister for leaving their bedridden, sick mother to meet her boyfriend. Hence the claim made in the post is Misleading.
To learn more about this viral video, we conducted a Google reverse image search using keyframes from the video. This search led us to multiple reports (here, here, here) published in 2022. According to these reports, the incident took place in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, in October 2022. The reports further stated that many social media users commented on the video, claiming that the boy and girl are siblings and that the boy thrashed his sister for leaving their bedridden, sick mother to meet her boyfriend.
One of the reports also mentioned that the Kota Kinabalu District Police issued a statement in October 2022 regarding the viral video, stating that they had not received any complaints or information about the incident. However, the police are conducting an investigation into the viral video. Based on this information, it is clear that the video is old, dating back to 2022, and originates from Malaysia. However, we could not independently verify the exact time, location, or cause of the incident. We have contacted the Kota Kinabalu District Police to learn more about the viral video and the incident. This fact-check will be updated once we receive a response from the Kota Kinabalu District Police.
To sum up, an old video of a young man assaulting a girl in Malaysia is being shared with a communal narrative linking it to India.
