On the evening of September 12, the Information Office of the People's Government of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control.

At the meeting, Zeng Junfeng, Deputy Secretary-General of the People's Government of Yili Prefecture, briefed on the handling of recent online rumor-mongering cases in Yili Prefecture.

  Recently, individual netizens in Ili Prefecture, Xinjiang have spread rumors through the Internet, inciting antagonistic emotions, seriously disrupting the order of epidemic prevention and control, and causing bad social impact.

In order to effectively regulate the order of online communication and purify the online ecology, from September 10 to 11, 2022, the public security bureaus of the subordinate counties and cities will investigate and punish the illegal acts of relevant personnel according to law.

The relevant cases are reported as follows:

  1. A netizen in Yining City, Zu Mou, published false information about "an old man hanged himself due to starvation" without verification, causing adverse effects.

According to Article 25 of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China", Zu was given a penalty of five days of administrative detention.

  2. A netizen in Yining City, without verification, published false information that "the residents were knocked out by volunteers for shouting at the building", which caused adverse effects.

According to Article 25 of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China", Zhong was given a penalty of ten days of administrative detention.

  3. Su Mou, a netizen in Yining City, incited opposition among the masses through the Internet, which was widely spread, seriously disrupting the order of epidemic prevention and control.

According to Article 26 of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China", Su was given a penalty of five days of administrative detention.

  4. Zhao, a netizen in Yining City, openly incited residents to go downstairs to gather through the Internet, seriously disrupting the order of epidemic prevention and control, and causing adverse social impact.

According to the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China" and relevant laws and regulations, Zhao was given a penalty of five days of administrative detention.

  5. A netizen from Huocheng County, without verification, spliced ​​together the online rumors and posted, "An old grandfather died at home from a cerebral hemorrhage, the community will not allow him to be buried, and he will not be allowed to go out if he says he doesn't do nucleic acid. He died two days later. Lying at home" and other false information, causing adverse effects.

According to Article 25 of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China", Yamou was given a penalty of seven days of administrative detention.

  6. A netizen from Huocheng County, Jin, published false information such as "a two-year-old child in Yining County died of a fever and cannot be delivered in the refrigerator" without verification, inciting people's antagonism on the Internet, causing a large number of netizens to spread, causing adverse effects .

A case has been filed against Kim.

(Zuo Dandan)

Responsible editor: [Li Ji]