Rape claims are fake says government rapist
In an exclusive interview following the publication of the governments report into allegations of human rights violations in Rakhine State, U Zaw Htay, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s propaganda officer, has told Burma Tha Din that the official government rapist has confirmed that rape claims against Rohingya are fake.
“When Myint Swe investigated the rape claims, the first person he visited was naturally Thura U Aung Ko, Union Minister for Religious Affairs and Culture. He has reportedly raped at least two women, so we have in-house expertise on rape at the highest government level. He confirmed the claims are fake. I would also like to add that although some were critical about the appointment of an alleged rapist as a government minister, once again Daw Aung San Suu Kyi showed how far-sighted she is in knowing that once day it would be useful to have a rapist government minister.”
Unfortunately, the interview was terminated after just one question after our reporter made a light-hearted comment to U Zaw Htay about his posting broken Facebook links on Twitter.
Twitter struggling in Myanmar despite boost from unemployed journalists
Twitter has reported it is continuing to struggle to gain subscribers in Myanmar despite seeing a 50% spike in Tweets, largely thanks to unemployed Myanmar Times journalists sitting in coffee shops in Yangon passing the time tweeting while waiting for a rejection email for their latest pitch.
“Facebook has got the mad anti-Muslim conspiracy theory market completely sown up, we just can’t compete” said a Twitter spokesperson.
State Counsellor blames staff for forgetting about 8th August
A source has told Burma Tha Din that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is furious after only finding out today in Global New Light of Myanmar that yesterday was the anniversary of the 8 8 88 uprising.
"When I said people should only read and watch state media with lots of pictures of me in, I didn't mean that's also where I find out what's going on", she reportedly shouted at staff.
NLD HQ in Yangon have been ordered to deliver NLD calendars (each month featuring a picture of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi) to all staff in her office.
Senior staff had previously persuaded a reluctant Aung San Suu Kyi that she should make some kind of statement on the anniversary, and she agreed on the condition that no-one mention that the military might have been involved in anything relating to the protests or aftermath.
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