Professor Faked Street Brawl To Grow Online Following

A college professor is facing up to 10 years in jail for spreading fake news by employing the streets were not safe by staging a fight in broad daylight to gain social media likes.

In the footage he is seen fending off four attackers with martial arts blocks reportedly as a way of gaining popularity online.

Filmed in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, the video shows the young man in a white shirt fending off attackers on a zebra crossing.