Indonesian influencer criticised for making video of student with lice

Muhammad Ibrahim, also known as Baim Wong, an Indonesian actor has come under fire recently for uploading a video of an elementary school student in Central Java. He was heavily criticised for what netizens describe as "exploiting" children, reported news sites such as CNN.   

The video that sparked criticism saw Wong filming a student with hair lice. The student's teacher shared that the child was infected with lice and the child's hair was cut by the elementary teacher.

When Wong was interviewed on an Indonesian TV show called TRANS TV and was questioned for the filming of the content, and he clarified that he had asked permission from the child.Many netizens were of the view that the content didn’t take into consideration the child’s feeling and this could later result in the child being treated badly by her friends as the news would become viral. 

Others also called for the content creator to simply help the child, without turning it into content for his channel. Currently the star has 17.7 million followers on Instagram and 20.8 million followers on YouTube.

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