On April 15, the Public Security Bureau of Xilinhot City, Inner Mongolia, issued a notice offering a reward of 200,000 yuan for the arrest of two suspects in the 2006 intentional homicide case. Netizens found that the simulated portrait of one of the suspects was very similar to that of a streamer with 5 million followers. On the 16th, the face-hitting anchor responded to a Jimu News reporter, saying, "The portrait of the suspect is simply drawn according to my current appearance, and I am also very puzzled why it is so similar, but it is not similar to me in 2006." The relevant staff of the Xilinhot City Public Security Bureau said that they have received many netizens to report this clue, and the police are verifying and investigating.
Inner Mongolia Xilinhot Public Security Bureau issued a reward notice (screenshot of Ping An Xishi official WeChat)
On April 15, the Xilinhot Municipal Public Security Bureau issued a notice stating that it had publicly offered a reward for the city's "2006.8.02" intentional homicide case to collect clues to solve the case. At about 4 p.m. on August 2, 2006, a murder occurred on the north steps of the Convention and Exhibition Center on the west side of the South Square in Xilinhot, where two suspects stabbed the victim Wang Yongdong to death with a knife and fled the scene. Those who know the clues to solve the case, please report to the public security organs in time, and if the public security organs crack the case according to the clues provided, the informant will be rewarded with 200,000 yuan. The notice also included mock-up portraits of two suspects, both of whom were in their 20s at the time and whose names were unnamed.
Many netizens said in the comment area of the notice that the simulated portrait of suspect A is very similar to an online anchor with millions of followers, and @ the anchor's social account in the comment area. The anchor has more than 5 million followers on a video platform.
Screenshots of netizens during the live broadcast
On the afternoon of April 16, the anchor responded to a Jimu News reporter that after the Xilinhot City Public Security Bureau issued a reward notice, several netizens found that a suspect's portrait was very similar to him, and then many people began to follow the trend and comment, and he himself felt very similar after seeing the suspect's portrait, "It's just drawn according to my current appearance, and I also wonder why it is so similar, but it is not similar to me in 2006." The anchor provided a photo of him taken in 2006, showing that his appearance changed significantly from now.
The appearance of the network anchor in 2006 (photo provided by the interviewee)
The anchor told reporters that he was born in 1987 and is a native of the Oroqen Autonomous Banner of Hulunbuir in Inner Mongolia. In 1996, when he was 9 years old, he left his hometown with his parents to live in Handan, Hebei. In the first half of 2006, he was in Shanghai, in the second half of 2006 he was in Dalian, and in 2011, he only returned to his hometown in Inner Mongolia for the purpose of applying for a permit.
In order to clarify that he is not the suspect on the reward notice, the anchor has posted a relevant video and started a live broadcast on it, "If I don't clarify, everyone really thinks it's me." Although I play the Internet, I don't want this kind of heat, and I hope netizens will treat it rationally. ”
Jimu News reporter contacted the Xilinhot City Public Security Bureau, and the staff said that on the 15th, many netizens had called to reflect this clue, and they had reported the clue, "Our main work direction is still our local people, he is from Hulunbuir, and it is still far from us, and now we are still implementing this clue, and we will explain it later." Another staff member of the bureau also said that there were indeed many people who provided this clue and that it was currently being investigated and verified.
Source: Jimu News reporter Liu Qin