Tiktoker turned into Buddha, sales livestream made viewers angry, suggested heavy fines

The clip of a man who took advantage of the image of the Buddha livestream to sell goods for personal gain made many people angry. Violating Tiktokers may be administratively sanctioned according to the law.

Recently, on social networks, a clip of a male TikToker dressed as a Buddha has been selling perfume. This person used harsh words, lacked standards, even demanded m.oney for a ceremony with a scowl, a grumpy attitude that caused many people to react.

Specifically, the guy made objectionable statements such as: "Why do you go to pray for good fortune and trade without offering a wedding gift? Is there m.oney there?", "Bring 100,000 thousand, you sell me cheaply. too much" ... This person also gave a nickname to the sales woman with him, "Thich Thi Nhich".

The a.buse of religious beliefs to gain views and m.ake m.oney of young men is being strongly condemned by the community. This act is no different from blasphemy of religious faith and goes against the good standards of the religion taught.

It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time that a part of young people look down on religion, bringing out the sacred images of the Buddha as a tool for profiteering. Before that, the image of a rapper wearing a cassock "playing" music in a bar made many people angry. Or a Tiktoker dressed as Tang Tang is infatuated with the beauty of a beauty in the movie "Journey to the West". All of those images are offensive to religion and slander the faith of many people.

Religion has long been a belief, a belief that involves supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements. In Vietnam, religious culture is extremely diverse with many major religions such as Buddhism, Christianity, Cao Dai religion, Islam, folk beliefs... However, any religion is the same. guide people to adhere to ethics, moral ethics, to good standards in life and spirit.

However, recently, many images are not very good due to a part of Tiktoker, young people take advantage of religious images for personal gain. Accordingly, the sales livestream video of a Tiktoker wearing clothes, make-up, and makeup similar to the Buddha image on television.

Many netizens were upset when they saw the clip. Many people believe that the Buddha is the revered image of Buddhists in Vietnam and around the world. Dressing up as a Buddha selling goods with bad words and gestures is somewhat offensive to beliefs and religions. The online community, when watching the male Tiktoker's livestream, left countless critical comments, even scolding "Unacceptable. Can't bring out Buddha to make such a joke", "This is an action. despise the Buddha, look down on the viewers. It is necessary to strongly condemn to deter those who follow, "This is an act of smearing Buddhism"; ...

Talking about the act of impersonating the Buddha to live stream sales, lawyer Dao Thi Bich Lien, Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association, said that in Clause 3, Article 5 of the 2016 Law on Beliefs and Religions, insulting beliefs and religions is an act. prohibited by law.

Depending on the nature and seriousness of the violation, individuals and organizations that commit acts of violating the law on religion will be administratively handled or examined for penal liability. If causing damage, they must compensate according to the provisions of law.

Currently, there is no specific legal regulation on the level of administrative sanctions for acts of offending beliefs and religions. However, in Clause 1, Article 101 of Decree 15/2020, as amended and supplemented by Clause 37, Article 1 of Decree 14/2022, a fine of between VND 10 million and VND 20 million is imposed on organizations that take advantage of social networks to provide and share information that is untrue, distorts or insults the reputation of agencies and organizations, honor and dignity of individuals.

In case individuals commit violations, the fine level is equal to the fine level imposed on organizations, which will be fined from 5 million to 10 million dong.

At the same time, violators are also f.orced to remove false or misleading information.

Most Venerable Thich Gia Quang, Vice Chairman of the Executive Council, Head of the Information and Communication Department of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, said that currently on social networking platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, and Youtube, many content appear. content that smears Buddhism, offends the religious beliefs of tens of millions of Buddhist followers, typically in the case of disguised as Buddha selling goods on livestream. These misdeeds have long-term consequences.

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