By Li Sikun
Published: Mar 19, 2021
Published: Mar 19, 2021
Cars are burned down at a China-invested factory in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Interviewee
Ever since Chinese factories in Myanmar were looted and set on fire over the weekend, more and more outrageous rumors have been infested on Myanmar's social media.
A rumor that the Chinese-owned Xing Jia Shoe Factory, located in Hlaing Thar Yar, Yangon, cooperated with Myanmar's military to trap and kill local workers, resulting in at least five deaths and many arrests, has been widely circulating on Twitter and Facebook since Wednesday.