Old photo shows aftermath of flash flooding in Malaysian tunnel, not a new tunnel in China

Published on 26/05/2023 at 08:28

As reports surfaced of water leaks inside a newly opened undersea tunnel in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian in May 2023, an image was shared in multiple Korean-language social media posts that falsely claimed it showed the inside of the structure. But the picture in fact shows the inside of a tunnel in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur following flash flooding in November 2018.