A photo post shared by the national Facebook page of Myanmar Air Force that ired Bangladeshi citizens has been taken down.
The photo, showing a South Asian map with Bangladesh as part of Myanmar, was posted on the Facebook page on February 20. Its caption said Bangladesh should be a part of a future “Myanmar empire."
However, at 8pm Wednesday, the photo was not found at the same address.
Myanmarese national daily Burma Times acknowledged the page as the “national Facebook page of the Myanmar Air Force.”
According to a report, the page also claimed that Bangladesh was helping terrorists to secure independence in the Arakan state (which is now known as Rakhine State), dominated by Rohingya Muslims.
The photo post also urged the Myanmarese people to strike Bangladesh before it was too late.
The post had gotten more than 500 likes and had been shared by over 1,200 people before it was taken down – either by the page admin or the Facebook authorities.
Protesting the act, many Bangladeshis, mainly youths, had harsh comments for the post and the page.