A photo post, shared by the national Facebook page of Myanmar Air Force, that triggered ire among Bangladeshi citizens, has been taken down.
The photo, showing a South Asia regional map with Bangladesh as part of Myanmar, was posted on the Facebook page on February 20. Its caption said Bangladesh should be part of a future “Myanmar empire".
However, the photo was not found at the same address at 8pm on Wednesday.
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 (the former name of 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 got more than 500 likes and was 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 commented on the post and the page harshly.