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Alleged Deepfake Video Depicts Former Malaysian Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah in Financial Misconduct Context
- Occurred
- Jun 20, 2025
- Published
- Jun 22, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
An alleged AI-generated video circulated on TikTok in June 2025 depicting former Malaysian Inspector-General of Police Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani endorsing or receiving funds from an individual identified as "Datuk Abdul Ghani." Authorities reportedly confirmed the video was fake and manipulated using AI. Acryl Sani filed a police report denying the claims. Selangor police are investigating the case under fraud and communications laws.
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
- Synthetic image generation technology developers
Deployers
- Misinformation spreaders
- Information manipulation actors in Malaysia
- Information manipulation actors
- Disinformation actors targeting Royal Malaysia Police
- Information manipulation actors targeting the Royal Malaysia Police
Harmed parties
- Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani
- Royal Malaysia Police
- National security and intelligence stakeholders
- General public of Malaysia
- General public
- Epistemic integrity
Tags
- deepfake
- impersonation
- scam
- disinformation
- misinformation
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated video used to falsely depict public official in financial misconduct, investigated under fraud laws.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8