Taiwanese media has reported that a well known Taiwanese social media celebrity has been arrested after falsely claiming that he had escaped from a kidnap in Cambodia.
The report in Taiwan News states that Chen Neng-chuan , who goes by the name “Goodnight Chicken” online, was reportedly detained by Cambodian police on Wednesday and charged with defamation-related offenses, following a broadcast on February 12th, in which he claimed he was beaten as he escaped a kidnapping attempt.
A Taiwanese police liaison based in Vietnam told media that Chen is being investigated for inciting discrimination, making false statements, and wasting public resources.
Following the stream, Preah Sihanouk Province Governor Kuoch Chamroeun appealed for anyone with information on the streamer to contact authorities.
Before the arrest was made, members of Chen’s family broadcast a video on the “Goodnight Chicken” Facebook page and said he could not be found, while Chen’s wife appeared to cry.
Taiwan’s foreign ministry made a statement after the video and said that no inquiries had been made by Chen’s family as to his whereabouts.
The faked Cambodian kidnapping is not the first time Chen has faced legal repercussions from a live stream.
Owners of buildings in Kinmen and Changhua have previously filed lawsuits against the streamer after he broke into their premises and said they were haunted and the scene of a murder that did not happen (source)
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