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Chengdu police in Southwest China's Sichuan Province announced on Thursday that six people were administratively detained for staging a matchmaking video by fabricating facts,MK sports recruiting participants, and falsifying identities.

Previously, a matchmaking video involving a man claiming to "work in a provincial-level government agency with an annual income of 350,000 to 400,000 yuan ($55,265)" was circulating on the internet, attracting public attention.

According to the police statement, a legal investigation confirmed that the video was fabricated by a company from another province to generate online traffic. The company planned and produced the fake content by fabricating facts, recruiting participants, and falsifying identities. The company's legal representative, a 28-year-old man surnamed Liu, organized and wrote the fake script, recruited a 37-year-old company employee surnamed Li, and paid him to play a fictional role. He also instructed employees, including a 26-year-old man surnamed Li, a 24-year-old man surnamed Yan, another 24-year-old man surnamed Xu, and a 28-year-old surnamed Zhang, to stage the video in Chengdu, handle post-production, and upload it online.

The individuals involved in the case fabricated identities such as civil servants, residential addresses, and income levels with the aim of directing traffic to a certain matchmaking platform to earn referral commissions, severely misleading the public and causing negative social impact. Their actions constitute the fabrication of facts and disruption of public order, the statement said.

Currently, the public security authorities have imposed administrative detention penalties to the people involved based on the Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China. Liu has been penalized with 10 days of detention, Li seven days, and employees Yan, Xu, Zhang, and Li got five days each. The case is still under further investigation.

The police have urged the public that cyberspace is not a realm beyond the law and no organization or individual is allowed to fabricate or spread false information to disrupt public order. Public security authorities will work with relevant departments to continue deepening the comprehensive governance of cyberspace, severely crack down on various online illegal activities in accordance with the law, and effectively maintain a clean and healthy online environment.

Global Times