Jamie Fullerton
@jamiefullerton1
Thu 16 May 2019 06.21 BST
Min Aung Hlaing claims his army did not use excessive force when 700,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar in 2017
Myanmar military commander-in-chief, General Min Aung Hlaing, has had
his Twitter account suspended over its use to spread anti-Rohingya
propaganda.
Photograph: Lynn Bo Bo/Pool/Reuters
A Myanmar army general accused of masterminding genocide against the country’s Muslim Rohingya people has had his Twitter account suspended, following complaints about him using the social media platform for hate speech.
Min Aung Hlaing, the south-east Asian country’s top ranking general, had his @sgminaunghlaing account taken offline this week.
Min Aung Hlaing, the south-east Asian country’s top ranking general, had his @sgminaunghlaing account taken offline this week.