Veracity of posts appealing for money has to be checked

LUO ER, A WRITER IN SHENZHEN in South China's Guangdong province, recently published an article via the domestic social media platform WeChat seeking help for his 6-year-old daughter who suffers from leukemia. His post was reposted more than 100,000 times and Luo received over 2 million yuan ($290,066) in donations. However, reports say he cooperated with a commercial company to speculate on his daughter's illness. Beijing News comments:

Anybody having read Luo's post will gain the impression the family are struggling and exhausted because of the girl's disease and need donations to survive.

However, the reality is far from that. Luo is not tremendously rich, yet he has three apartments, one in Shenzhen and two in neighboring Dongguan, and he received enough in donations to cover the cost of his daughter's medical treatment.