A Facebook page called Khit Thit Media published false reports under the following headlines: “The Tatmadaw is compiling a list of 722 young men in NyaungU Township for military service, and people are being urged to resist injustice without fear”; “The Tatmadaw enters Hngamasayit village in Shwebo Township, beheads a civilian, U Aung Soe, burns a 90-year-old grandmother to death, and reduces about 100 houses to ashes”; “Tatmadaw burns villages in Salin Township for three consecutive days, with hundreds of houses destroyed”, and “Tatmadaw drops bombs on Tawtha village in Pale Township using a paramotor, injuring one person”.
The government of the country has clarified that the conscription process is carried out in accordance with the law and proper procedures. The reports by the “Khit Thit Media” Facebook page have intentionally misrepresented the actions of the government to distort the public’s perception and mislead them.
Furthermore, the reports published by this page have also been found to misrepresent the Tatmadaw’s actions purposefully.
Similarly, a Facebook page named ‘Ayeyarwaddy Times’ reported that, in over four years, the military council had arrested around 2,000 individuals for criticizing them online. The article, published on 1 March, also falsely depicted the government’s actions as misleading and deliberately fabricated to confuse the public and lead them astray.
Pyae Pyae/ MKKS
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