Following the mysterious death of Chinese actor Yu Menglong on September 11th, the police quickly concluded it as a “drunken accidental fall” and ruled out foul play. However, there has been widespread skepticism from the public regarding this explanation, with rumors circulating online suggesting that Yu Menglong was a victim of abuse for not complying with unspoken rules in the entertainment industry. Recently, netizens discovered signs of activity on Yu Menglong’s Weibo account almost 20 days after his passing.
Screenshots shared by netizens showed that on the evening of September 29th, Yu Menglong’s account briefly displayed an online status, only to immediately switch back to offline.
Comments from netizens included, “What’s going on?”, “So bizarre! Who logged into Yu Menglong’s Weibo and for what?”, “Is this even real?”
Netizens believe that the fact someone was able to login to his Weibo account implies that someone has access to it, raising suspicions of potential manipulation of public opinion or search for Weibo records. They advised fans to “make backups quickly”, “save what can be saved as soon as possible, or it might be cleared out soon.”
Furthermore, speculation arose that “the online activity before his death was not actually done by him,” “someone must have been using his phone,” “therefore, the supposed online activity before his death definitely wasn’t him, as he wouldn’t have had access to his phone.”
On the eve of Yu Menglong’s passing on September 11th, multiple netizens had written that on September 10th at 21:31, the “Yu Menglong Super Talk” showed him online.
After Yu Menglong’s fall, the authorities swiftly declared it as a “drunken accidental fall” and arrested what they labeled as “rumormongering netizens.” Despite this, a significant number of netizens still find the circumstances of Yu Menglong’s death highly suspicious and are continuing to closely monitor the situation.
However, under a series of official bans, Weibo recently announced that over 100,000 pieces of improper content have been cleared, over 1,000 accounts in violation have been either muted or shut down, and commenting functions for over 15,000 accounts repeatedly accused of so-called “malicious hype” have been temporarily suspended.