By Tim Binnall
Some Malaysian social media personalities found themselves facing trouble with the law after they hoaxed the disappearance of an influencer who was said to have vanished during a ghost hunt. The weird case reportedly began last Monday when YouTuber Ammar Nazhan posted a video wherein he revealed that an intended collaboration with popular TikTok makeup artist Eyka had gone wildly awry. The young woman, he claimed, had gone missing during a ghost hunt that the pair had been conducting in an Indonesian forest. As one might imagine, Eyka's fans were on the edge of their proverbial seats until a few days later when the influencer was 'miraculously' found under rather suspicious circumstances.
During a live broadcast in the Indonesian forest, Nazhan and a rescue team stumbled upon Eyka in some brush. However, online viewers were doubtful of what they were seeing as the young woman's clothes were remarkably clean for someone supposedly lost in the wilderness for three days, and, even more damning, her makeup was described as being oddly "on point" despite the lengthy ordeal. Beyond her eyebrow-raising appearance, the purported rescue team did not appear to feature any genuine emergency personnel such as police or paramedics.
Taken together, these curious details led many to conclude that the tale was an elaborate hoax, which Nazhan was quick to deny in, of course, another video posted on social media. However, his story quickly fell apart when Indonesian authorities investigated the matter and informed the Malaysian man that spreading fake news is actually a serious crime in the country. Faced with possibly going to jail, Nazhan admitted that the entire affair was an elaborate hoax. The YouTubers subsequently issued an apology in the hopes of not facing prosecution for the misguided 'paranormal' presentation.