A man from Da Nang has been fined for spreading a rumor on Facebook about a festival where people could pay to grope women’s breasts in public to raise funds for charity.

Nguyen Kim Anh, 30, was fined 5 million VND ($220) for spreading false information, a police officer said.

The status said that the 2-week festival at a local park would give visitors the chance to grope women aged from 16 to 22 for just 50,000 VND (less than $2), and that all the money would go to charitable activities.

The post was quickly picked up on by police.

Anh, an online salesman, said he concocted the story to get more hits on his page.

He has since removed the post.

The Da Nang police also fined a woman 12.5 million VND in June for spreading false information about child kidnappings online.  A woman in Ha Noi is also facing a fine of 10-20 million VND for a false Facebook post about a plane crash at the Noi Bai Airport, one she said posted to attract followers to her site.

(Source: VnExpress International)