China arrests 93 doomsayers who handed out leaflets saying sun will stop shining on Friday
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | December 18, 2012 20:29
Nearly 100 people have been arrested in China for spreading doomsday rumours.
They include members of a banned anti-communist cult called Almighty God who handed out leaflets forecasting that the sun will stop shining and electricity will not work from December 21, the Chinese state media said.
Almighty God has also called for a ‘decisive battle’ to slay the ‘Red Dragon’ Communist Party.
State media also reported that a knifeman who injured 23 children in a school in Henan province claimed he was ‘psychologically affected’ by the predictions of an apocalypse on December 21.
China has launched a crackdown on the ‘Almighty God’ group, which has also called for a decisive battle” to slay the ‘Red Dragon’ Communist Party.
China’s Communist Party brooks no challenge to its rule and is very keen to maintain social stability. But it has struggled to clamp down on rumours, which often spread quickly on the Internet.
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