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China penalizes 10 people for misinformation over deadly mudslide

CHINA - Chinese authorities penalized ten people accused of spreading misinformation online about a deadly mudslide along the Nepal border, police said Monday,...

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as rescuers scour for hundreds missing at a border crossing on the Tibetan side. The penalties, which could range from fines to ten days in detention, come as rescuers on both sides of the border pressed on with search operations after a devastating wall of water tore through parts of Nepal and Tibet in China last week, sweeping away entire villages. Rumors shared by the ten individuals suggested the number of missing or dead was vastly more than officially reported figures, according to a statement by the cybersecurity bureau of China's Ministry of Public Security. One individual, surnamed Qiu, had shared online that "the news reports 1,400 fatalities, but in reality 3,000 people had previously been reported missing", while another surnamed Liu had said more than 3,000 people died in China as a result of the mudslide, the statement added. Authorities did not specify what punishment each individual received. The floods have killed at least 903 people in Nepal, where 4,247 people are missing, according to the country's disaster authority. Another 16 have died and 546 people are missing in Chinese-administered Tibet, where the mudslide flattened an area of "about 0.7 square kilometers" -- the equivalent of 98 football pitches, Chinese state media reported. (Bssnews)

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