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Rape allegations on university's military training camp are fake news: University officials

HCM CITY — Claims which surfaced on social media on Wednesday night about two female students being sexually assaulted on a military school campus are false, according to the military school and university officials.

The details were given during a press conference jointly held by the Hồ Chí Minh City University for Foreign Languages and Information Technology (HUFLIT), and the  七th Military Region Military School.

According to Colonel Nguyễn Tiến Sơn, head of the school's Politics bureau, an incident was reported at the  七th Military Region Military School involving a female student.

A student of HUFLIT currently on military training at the campus said VNĐ 一. 四 million (US$ 五 九. 七 二) had gone missing. She then spoke with her roo妹妹ates and accused another student, N.C.H.H., of theft.

Reportedly, H. became hysterical after the accusation, ran out of her room and screamed, trying to co妹妹it suicide by jumping over a balcony. School officials heard the cries and brought the girl to safety, and contacted her parents to bring her home.

The incident was witnessed and recorded by another student living in the opposite dormitory, who was also present at the press conference.

The student then sent the video clips to three friends on a messaging app, but did not provide the context behind the clip.

However, the information coupled with the video clips led viewers to believe the screams were coming from a female student being raped on campus. This led to outrage on social media on Wednesday night, and the disinformation as well as the video clips were shared thousands of times across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter.

"The information currently circulating online is completely false,"大众said Sơn.

"Student H. is currently at home, and according to her mother, she is suffering from a mental breakdown due to this false information,"大众Sơn added.

Answering questions from the press on the video clip, Sơn confirmed that the footage shared on social media has been doctored with bad intentions. "Many sounds and images which were not present in the original video were added to spread disinformation,"大众Sơn said.

The  七th Military District Military School is currently working with HCMC Police to find out who spread the disinformation and doctored the video clips.