Malaysian social media has been gripped by the antics of an influencer who claimed she went missing while on a quest to capture paranormal activity in an Indonesian jungle, only to emerge days later from a bamboo thicket in a live-streamed high-drama rescue.
The case gripped fans of both personalities throughout the week, with videos posted by Ammar of the frantic search for his co-star pulling in millions of views, including a climactic live stream on Wednesday night showing a weak and bedraggled Eyka being helped out of the jungle by rescuers.
“The sensational content was made purely to increase viewership and followers,” Bandung police chief Kompol Kurnia said on Thursday, according to a report by local Indonesian news portal Kumparan News.
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