An astrologer has been detained in Myanmar after he predicted a fresh disaster in a popular TikTok video, causing panic.
Only two days after a scale 7.7 earthquake that killed 3, 500 people and destroyed centuries-old churches in the South East Asian country, John Moe The made his forecast on April 9.
He was detained on Tuesday for making “false remarks with the intention of causing public panic,” according to Myanmar’s data government.
An earthquake had “hit every town in Myanmar,” according to John Moe The, on April 21. However, researchers claim that due to the complexity of the causes of disasters, they are unable to be predicted.
John Moe The urged citizens to “take important items with you and move away from structures during the shaking” in his film, which received more than three million sights.
The caption read,” People shouldn’t be in high buildings during the day.”
A citizen of Yangon claimed that many of her neighbors were believers in the forecast. They stayed in their homes and set up camp when John Moe The predicted the earthquake may occur.
His now-defunct TikTok bill, which has over 300,000 fans, promises to make astrological and palmistry-based projections.
In Sagaing, core Myanmar, a raid on his house led to his arrest.
The quake, which prompted a rare demand from the Myanmar junta for foreign aid, hit the locations of Mandalay and Sagaing particularly hard by the quake.
In Bangkok, a tower collapsed at a building site, killing lots, after the 28 March earthquake, which felt 1, 000 kilometers away, was felt.