Recently, a man who loves to use many "United Nations" titles has attracted public attention.
Public information shows that Fang Wenjun is active in various domestic commercial activities, calling himself "Ambassador Diplomat the United Nations International Council on Human Rights","High Commissioner of the United Nations International Criminal Police Organization Center (UNIPC)","Chairman of the United Nations International Peacekeeping Fund (UNIDPDF)","Honorary Chairman of the Economic Development Committee of the United Nations Special Administrative Region" and so on.
Fang Wenjun has multiple fake identities. Network video screenshot
On August 29, a spokesman for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights responded to the news, saying, “In fact, the ‘UN entities’ mentioned above do not exist in the United Nations system.”
The United Nations official website shows that the United Nations is part of the United Nations system, which, in addition to the United Nations, also includes many funds, programmes, specialized agencies, and other organizations. The United Nations works in collaboration with other entities of the United Nations system.
The response of relevant UN agencies further confirmed that the numerous "United Nations" related titles of the Ho Chi Minh Army are actually fake. This is the third "fake" revealed exclusively by the news after the fake academician Nguyen Zhenping and the fake senator Zhu Ping翔 - the fake UN diplomat Ho Chi Minh Army.
At present, Ruan Shaoping and Yu Pengxiang have been arrested. According to the police report, Ruan Shaoping has been criminally detained according to law on suspicion of pretending to be a soldier, and Yu Pengxiang has been taken criminal compulsory measures according to law on suspicion of pretending to be a soldier.
Fake academician Nguyễn少平, Fake Senator余鹏翔 and Fake Diplomat房文軍 (from left to right)
As for whether Fang Wenjun, a fake UN diplomat, is suspected of committing crimes? The Paper noticed that Fang Wenjun wore so-called "military uniforms" and armbands when he made many public appearances. In this regard, you Wu, a practicing lawyer of Beijing Weiheng (Shanghai) Law Firm, analyzed in an interview with The Paper that if the "military uniform" worn by Fang Wenjun belongs to the military uniform or imitation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army or the armed police force (enough to make the public mistake it for a military uniform), he is suspected of violating Article 16 of the Regulations on the Administration of Military Uniforms and may be punished by public security; If you pretend to be a soldier to swindle and cheat at the same time, and claim to be a soldier when wearing military uniforms, and obtain illegal benefits (such as defrauding others' trust to sign a contract), it is suspected of constituting the crime of pretending to be a soldier to swindle and cheat.
Should those companies or institutions that provide advertising and activity platforms for counterfeiters also be held accountable? Wu Yu believes that companies or institutions may be complicit if they know their identity is false (Article 25 of the People's Republic of China Criminal Law (2023 amendment)); if they neglect or fail to comply with their obligations of audit, they may be subject to administrative fines (such as Article 45 of the People's Republic of China Advertising Law) or civil liability (such as Article 45 of the People's Republic of China Consumer Rights and Interests Protection Law).
In general, how should companies, institutions and individuals identify such false identities and avoid being deceived? Zhai Zhenyi, a senior partner at Beijing Yinghe (Shenzhen) law firm, told The Paper in an interview. "Identity should be verified by multiple parties, confirmed from multiple angles, and not superstitious about titles and propaganda."
There are six methods: one is the official channel to verify which unit the fraudsters are, go to which unit to verify the official website or telephone, email verify. second is cross verify, verify the consistency of information. Sometimes, the identity of the fraudsters is false, there is no official channel to verify, then as much as possible on the Internet to verify, find all the propaganda reports on the fraudsters, verify the identity differences.
Three is to verify the documents, documents, cheaters fictional identity, certificates, rewards, etc, then let the cheaters issue these certificates, identity documents, do not be afraid to do so, face can not go, fear to blame the cheaters.
Fourth, face-to-face verification, through contact with swindlers. In this case, you can find someone with relevant experience to accompany you and find flaws through speech and behavior; Fifth, call the police or report, find that the situation is wrong, promptly call the police or report to relevant departments, terminate contact and cooperation, and stop fund payment, resource provision and entrustment authorization; Sixth, it is reflected to the media and attracted more people's attention through media exposure.
“There are many such cases before, and there is no way to eliminate, the fundamental reason is identity worship or identity anxiety, some enterprises and institutions too value the glowing title and identity, to meet their own image is bad, low status, insufficient resources, etc. anxiety.” Zheng said, the case also reflects the existence of vulnerabilities in the network platforms, social organizations, civil agencies audit mechanism, audit is not strict.
In this regard, Zhai Zhenyi suggested: severely crack down, carefully review, break down barriers, strengthen supervision, and make complaints. "Specifically, strict crackdowns are to crack down on these illegal and criminal activities of fake identities severely and quickly, forming a strong deterrent; prudent review is to consolidate the review responsibilities of platforms and institutions and increase the cost of false propaganda; breaking down barriers is to promote the sharing and open query of relevant information databases, allowing enterprises, institutions, and individuals to have a way to inquire; strong supervision is to give full play to the supervisory role of the media, giving scammers nowhere to hide; smooth complaints are to encourage the masses to report complaints about fake identities."