Old Video of Brother Thrashing Sister in Malaysia Given False 'Love-Jihad' Angle

There is no communal angle involved in this video. As per reports, it dates back to 2022 and is from Malaysia.

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A video showing a young man beating a girl is going viral on social media to claim that video is from India and it shows a Muslim man thrashing a girl from Hindu community.

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Is the claim true?: The claim is false and there is no communal angle involved in this video.

• As per the reports, the video dates back to 2022 and shows a brother hitting his sister in Malaysia for leaving their ill mother alone.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on Google using some of the keyframes from the viral video.

• This led us to reports shared in 2022 by Malaysian news website Wau Post and Singaporean news outlets, News Nestia and The New Paper.

• The reports stated that the brother thrashed his sister violently after he caught her lying to meet her boyfriend while leaving their sick mother alone.

• It also carried a statement from Kota Kinabalu Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Zaidi Abdullah who stated that they have not received any reports lodged about this matter.

• They further stated that there is no confirmation about this incident taking place in Kota Kinabalu.

• We have not been able to independently confirm the reason for the assault but it is clear that the viral claim is false.

• We have reached out to Kota Kinabalu police, and the story will be updated once we receive a response.

Conclusion: An old video of a young man hitting a girl is going viral with false 'love-jihad' claims.

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