Taking advantage of the current political situation in Myanmar, the local and foreign media that accompany some countries wishing to disintegrate Myanmar are inciting bloodshed in various ways to divide the people who want to live in peace and the Tatmadaw, to spread hatred and to escalate the conflict. In such doing, they provided fake news about the casualties of security forces in order to inspire and motivate terrorists and their supporters. They often broadcast misinformation and fabricate these news items on social media in the guise of Tatmadaw torturing and killing innocent people, to tarnish the image of the security forces and mislead the public. This is not just an ordinary act, but a conspiracy of spending a huge amount of money and providing technical support to spreading misinformation across social media in synchronization domestically and internationally.
For example, in the recent incident in Kyimyindine Township, Yangon Region, an official press release already reported that three rioters were injured in the riots. But notorious nation-destroying media, some foreign media and some international organizations circulate false information that, in this protest, has left five people dead and many wounded. They are exploiting Myanmar people’s kind-hearted minds for their propaganda. It was also found that some foreign embassies and international organizations issued further press releases on this disinformation without seeking confirmation from Myanmar officials, to mislead the people and to tarnish the image of security forces.
In reality, according to the responsible citizens’ information, these protests were not just ordinary protests but were consisting of terrorists, and would be transforming into terrorism. Therefore, the security forces have to undertake counter-terrorism measures under the Counter-Terrorism Standard Operating Procedures. In such riots, the terrorists targeted and misused some young people as human shields directly or indirectly.
The second misinformation is that the nation-destroying media is broadcasting a mispresenting video of the massacre by Myanmar security forces on social media. The video has been immediately and widely circulated on social media because of a conspiracy by local and international connections. The initial on-ground investigation revealed that such a video file was not (at all) related to undertakings of the Tatmadaw and that it was a conspiracy to tarnish the image of the Tatmadaw.
Therefore, the people who wish to live peacefully should be aware of the propaganda attempted by the nation-destroying media supporting terrorists and terrorism, and not be used as a human shield in terrorist-related riots. We urge the people to continue to work with the security forces to arrest the terrorists as soon as possible. — MNA
