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      Does This Picture Showcase A Theme Park In Malaysia During Lockdown?

      A viral social media image shows overgrown shrubs at a theme park in Malaysia during coronavirus lockdown is false.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  29 May 2020 7:56 PM IST
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      Does This Picture Showcase A Theme Park In Malaysia During Lockdown?
      An image has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Twitter and Facebook which claim it shows overgrown shrubs at a theme park in Malaysia during a coronavirus lockdown. The claim is false; the image shows an abandoned theme park in Japan; it has circulated online since at least May 2019.

      This photo, posted on Twitter on May 2, 2020, has been retweeted more than 10,000 times.

      The caption reads: "escalator sunway lagoon".


      Screenshot of misleading tweet

      Sunway Lagoon is a theme park in Kuala Lumpur.

      It has been closed since March 18, 2020, the day Malaysia enforced a nationwide lockdown in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19. The lockdown has been extended until at least June 9, 2020.

      The same image has also been shared on Facebook here, here and here, alongside a similar claim.

      The claim is false.

      A reverse image search on Google found the image was posted on Instagram here May 8, 2019 by Instagram user espinas3.

      Its caption reads in part: "Destined to be green. Abandoned escalator".

      Below is screenshot comparison of the picture from the misleading post (L) and the Instagram post (R):

      Screenshot comparison of the picture from the misleading post (L) and the Instagram post (R)

      The Instagram account espinas3 belongs to a photographer based in Japan who specialises in urban exploration photography.

      The photographer also posted photos at the same location; a caption of this picture says: "Abandoned amusement park".

      A further keyword search found this picture from a May 2010 blog post identifying the location as Nagasaki Holland Village, an abandoned Dutch-themed amusement park in the Japanese city of Saikai in Nagasaki prefecture.

      Screenshot of a picture from a May 2010 blog post

      Below is a screenshot comparison of the image in the misleading post (L) and pictures from the blog post (R):

      Screenshot comparison of the picture from the misleading post (L) and a picture from the blog post (R)
      Screenshot comparison of the picture from the misleading post (L) and a picture from the blog post (R)

      Sunway Lagoon, the Malaysian theme park, also denied the claim in the misleading posts in a Twitter post published here on May 4, 2020.

      The Malay-language tweet translates to English as: "That's a scary escalator, good thing ours are still good and not filled with leaves. But the idea can be used for Nights of Fright 8 bro. Got the feeling of entering a jungle looking for a ghost".

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      Claim :   An image has been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Twitter and Facebook which claim it shows overgrown shrubs at a theme park in Malaysia during a coronavirus lockdown.
      Claimed By :  Social Media Posts
      Fact Check :  False
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