In normal times, it is one day vou humor and jokes between friends or colleagues. But the coronavirus went through there. In Asia, nobody was in the mood for a joke on Wednesday. A member of the JYJ group, South Korean K-pop star Kim Jaejoong has made this experience after suggesting to his fans that he was fighting the Covid-19 on a hospital bed. His joke quickly backfired, most calling it inappropriate and not funny.
If the singer will probably get away with a few reprimands, it is not the same for all. Some Asian governments have even threatened the authors of April Fools’ Day with prison terms.
Heavy sanctions
Tawan, the people causing misleading information face up to 3 years in prison and a fine of 100,000 francs. April Fool’s Day, we can be humorous, but we cannot make jokes about the pandemic under penalty of breaking the law, warned the president, Tsai Ing-wen on Facebook.
An equally hard line has been adopted by India and Thailand. Bangkok, which declared the state of emergency until April 30, the offenders were liable to 5 years in prison.
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