By Pascal Ibe
Claim
Many WhatsApp users claimed that video of Chinese man beating black men occurred in Nigeria.
Verdict:
This claim is unproven. A journalist named Dom Lucre , who posted this viral video first on X on 2nd May 2024, didn’t disclose the exact country the incident happened.
Full Text
Many Nigeria WhatsApp users have continued to circulate a video where a said to be Chinese man is seen beating, whipping two black men.
Shared in many WhatsApp groups, the 26 second video was captioned, “😳😱 This Is Happening Right Inside Our Great Independent Nigeria & Our Citizens Are Brutally Turned In Dehumanised Slaves By Chinese Employers/Companies🙊🤔Pls Let This Video-Clip Go Viral Until It Gets To The Appropriate Authorities To Take Appropriate Actions To Teach Them Bitter Lesson Urgently.
This Must Not Be Tolerated In This Country💪💪💪“
🔥🚨BREAKING NEWS: This disturbing footage of a Chinese employer in Africa treating his employees like Trans Atlantic slaves is going viral across the internet.
Viewers have begun discussing on how it appears the Chinese are ‘fare more racist than the White man’ in Africa. pic.twitter.com/4zTnliEQea
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) May 2, 2024
Verification
However when crimefacts.news first traced the video on Google, we found out that many foreign news organizations reported this particular Incident .
More than fifty news organizations quoted a journalist, Dom Lucre as first to post the video on X on May 2nd 2024.
When crimefacts.news checked the incident on Dom Lucre profile on X, we discovered that the video posted since May 2nd , has gained over 18 million views.
Dom Lucre posted the video on X and wrote, “🔥🚨BREAKING NEWS: This disturbing footage of a Chinese employer in Africa treating his employees like Trans Atlantic slaves is going viral across the internet. Viewers have begun discussing on how it appears the Chinese are ‘fare more racist than the White man’ in Africa.“
The video also attracted over 43k reposts,102k likes and over 6k quotes.
Dom Lucre didn’t mention exactly where the incident happened. Also the news organizations that reported the same particular Incident failed to state the location or country it occurred.
Similar incident
In 2020, a Chinese was arrested in Kenya for beating his restaurant employee.
Conclusion
Our findings showed that there no prove that the viral video of alleged Chinese man beating black men happened in Nigeria as claimed by WhatsApp users.
