Fake photos in Myanmar army's 'True News' book on the Rohingya crisis

13 Sept 08:37 Key points summarised by AI

Myanmar's army published a 'True News' book, 'Myanmar Politics and the Tatmadaw: Part I,' which contains at least three misrepresented photos to support its narrative on the Rohingya crisis.
A key image, falsely captioned as 'Bengalis killed local ethnics brutally' during 1940s riots, was actually taken during Bangladesh's 1971 independence war.
Reuters investigations revealed two other photos originated from Bangladesh and Tanzania, and a third was falsely labeled regarding the direction of Rohingya migration.
The book, sourced from the military's 'True News' unit, aims to promote the army's perspective on the August 2017 crisis, when some 700,000 Rohingya fled Rakhine state.

Uthenthawai students and alumni declare truce with Pathumwan rivals

Today 20:34 Key points summarised by AI

Uthenthawai students and alumni have pledged to cease violent clashes with Pathumwan Institute rivals, coinciding with their campus's reopening after a 90-day closure.
The Minister of Higher Education is mediating the long-running conflict, while the campus closure has significantly disrupted in-person classes and laboratory work for over 1,000 students.
Uthenthawai resists relocation from its current site, citing a historical land grant from King Rama VI, despite Chulalongkorn University's plans to reclaim the land for an educational hub.
Concerns are mounting over the legality of the campus closure, its detrimental impact on uninvolved students, and the potential commercial development of the land, which critics argue contradicts the late King Rama VI's intentions.