Go Viral On WhatsApp! 1.4 Million Chinese Citizens Take CPNS Test, 'Even Though Many Indonesian People Are Unemployed

JAKARTA - A chain of information circulating on WhatsApp stated that as many as 1.4 million Chinese citizens participated in the selection of prospective civil servants (CPNS).

"Astagfirullah, Chinese citizens are allowed to become civil servants, even though many Indonesians themselves are still unemployed! Ya Allah, please take it out and destroy this regime immediately", reads the information narration, which embeds links to several news stories.

After investigating turnbackhoax.id, in fact, the information is a hoax and includes the wrong context because the original content is matched with the wrong information context.

The source shared the article "1.4 Million Chinese Citizens Take Civil Service Test 2021, Super Tight Competition" with a narrative that does not match the facts, thus leading to the WRONG conclusion.

Meanwhile, judging by the source of the photo which is the original context of the Reuters news story about Job seekers crowding the job fair at Liberation Square in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China February 25, 2018. The image was taken on February 25, 2018.

Meanwhile, the article shared, jpnn.com: "jpnn.com, BEIJING – Around 1.42 million Chinese are competing for 31,200 positions as local civil servants (PNS) for the 2021 formation.”