Suu Kyi cries ‘fake news’

MYANMAR leader Aung San Suu Kyi is blaming fake news and a misinformation campaign for fuelling a crisis that the UN says has now pushed more than 125,000 minority Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh.

According to a statement, Ms Suu Kyi told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call that her government is defending “all the people” in western Rakhine state.

She told Mr Erdogan that his deputy prime minister was a victim of fake news when he posted photos purportedly showing dead Rohingya that were not related to the crisis.