Staged scene from Indonesia falsely tied to Bangladesh’s indigenous people
A video posted on the social media platform Facebook claims that “hill tribes” are dangerous. However, Dismislab’s fact-check found that the video is not from any incident in Bangladesh; it is a staged dramatic scene from an Indonesian YouTube channel.
The video was posted on August 17 from a Facebook page named “Muslim Bongo” (Muslim Bengal). The post states, “How dangerous the hill tribes are.” A hashtag with the word Bangladesh is also visible in the post. In the 23-second video, a helmeted biker is seen walking on a bridge toward his motorcycle. At that moment, someone from a moving motorcycle strikes him on the head with a stick, and he collapses to the ground. As the attacker attempts to seize the motorcycle, two more motorcycles are seen entering the scene. A person gets off one of the motorcycles and threatens the attacker by pointing a pistol at him.
As of writing this report, the video had been viewed more than 158,000 times and shared more than 580 times.
To verify this claim, Dismislab conducted a reverse image search and found an exact match between the circulated video and a video uploaded on August 4, 2026, from a YouTube channel named “Bang Tampue”. The original video is 20 seconds long, while the 23-second circulated video has been lengthened by repeating the first scene three times.
The channel is seen to have uploaded multiple videos made with nearly the same script (1, 2, 3).
The channel’s description, written in Bahasa (official language of Indonesia), states that the equipment used in the videos is not actual dangerous material but mere toy props. All videos on the channel are staged content, not real events. The channel’s operators state that these videos are made for educational purposes, to warn lawbreakers and to teach people to stay alert. The description also calls on police to take action against lawbreakers.
In other words, the video being circulated is not a scene involving indigenous people in Bangladesh, but part of a staged drama from Indonesia.
It is worth noting that inflammatory and false information about indigenous people in Bangladesh’s hill tracts has periodically circulated on social media, raising fears of communal tension. Dismislab has previously published fact-check reports on multiple false claims concerning Indigenous people.
