When his girlfriend wanted to break up with him, one netizen from the Chinese city of Huangshan, Anhui province, was aiming for revenge. He did so by publishing her phone number on Weibo with the sentence “this is the new phone number of Ma Rong” (这是马蓉最新号码).
Ma Rong (马蓉) is the estranged wife of Chinese celebrity Wang Baoqiang (王宝强), who recently announced on Weibo to his millions of fans that he was divorcing her for cheating on him with his manager. The nasty divorce became one of the all-time biggest trending topics on Chinese social media, with netizens collectively supporting actor Wang Baoqiang.
The actor later also claimed Ma Rong hid and transferred their joint property, and that she was actively set out to harm the family. Wang and Ma have two children together.
Ma Rong’s Weibo account has since been flooded with millions of comments from angry Wang Baoqiang fans who have made it their mission to slander the celebrity, some even giving out her private address and phone number.
The latest Weibo post on Ma Rong’s account attracted over 4.8 million comments, with many calling her a prostitute and a gold-digger.
One netizen was so angry that his girlfriend broke up with him, that he took advantage of the Weibo hate campaign against Ma Rong by posting his ex-girlfriend’s number, saying: “This is Ma Rong’s new phone number.”
According to Yangcheng Evening News, the young man’s ex-girlfriend was soon bombarded with hate calls that went on for two days before the girl turned to the local police, as the harassment was severely interfering with her normal life.
As news of the prank made its rounds on Weibo, most netizens were not amused: “What a mean prank! Good that she got rid of him!”
By now, the young man has been warned by the local police. He later deleted the Weibo post and apologized to his ex-girlfriend.
“Publishing other people’s personal details leads to such harassment and mental stress. Just an apology for that?”, some netizens wonder.
Others also remark that the result of this prank also says something about Weibo’s hate towards Ma Rong. “This prank says a lot about the boyfriend, but it also says a lot about us.”
– By Manya Koetse
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