Malaysian social media personality Eyka went missing in a Bandung, Indonesia forest while recording 'paranormal activities' with a group of influencers. After three days, she was found and rescued, with footage shared on TikTok. However, the incident was later revealed to be a hoax orchestrated by a talent agency to gain views and followers. Indonesian police confirmed the hoax and emphasized the legal consequences of spreading false information.
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Her friend and fellow influencer Ammar Nazhan, who was leading the group, confirmed the matter with the Malay language news portal. However, netizens were skeptical about the footage as they noticed a few things out of place such as the “rescue” team who were not part of emergency services such as paramedics or police.
“I’d like to inform that this talent agency had signed a contract with all my talents that is related to only the job. Everything that happened here was real and there are no fake elements,” he said in the video. A report by Sinar Harian said Ariz, through his instagram account on Thursday told his followers that the content produced by the “talent agency” or the agency that managed a few talents in the activity was all an act.
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