Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
A video has been published, showing the moment of the arrest of an official of the Gjilan municipality, suspected of corruption.
The video was published on several TikTok accounts on May 12 and 13, and one of them even claims that the suspect is close to the current mayor of Gjilan, Alban Hyseni.
But, after verification by hibrid.info, it was found that this is an event that occurred in 2018.
Link to the video material published by the account "albanianethnic3” on TikTok:
Hibrid.info has found the same one published on the accounts "albialbiii4" and "infosot.com", as well as on TikTok (see here and here).
The facts found by hibrid.info show that the video is the result of a story published by "kallxo.com" in September 2018 (see here), which tells about the arrest of an official in the Municipality of Gjilan, suspected of bribery (here).
While the inscription claiming that the arrested person is "the right-hand man of the mayor of Gjilan, Alban Hyseni", is unverifiable, as the identity of the arrested person is unknown from the footage.
Based on the fact that on May 3, an article was found published by "insajderi.org" entitled "Scandal - Alban Hysen's right-hand man is accused of violence against a minor"(here), hibrid.info estimates that the claim was attempted to be linked to this article.
Analyze:
The news about the arrest of a municipal official in Gjilan, suspected of corruption, is old and the claim that he is Alban Hyseni's "old wing" is unconfirmed.
The case occurred in 2018 and the identity of the suspect is unknown.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the content as "Manipulation of facts".
Reasoning:
“Factual manipulation” is a rating given to informational content that uses facts known to be accurate but interprets them in a distorted manner. These reports typically use accurate information to draw incorrect conclusions or claims, thereby misleading consumers of media content about the actual meaning of the facts presented.