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A photo has been shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it shows Thailand’s Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha greeting Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin at Don Meung airport in Bangkok. The photo circulated online as Myanmar s junta-appointed foreign minister visited Bangkok to hold talks with his counterparts from Thailand and Indonesia in what was the first known face-to-face meetings between a senior junta member and foreign government officials. The image has been shared in a misleading context: the photo in fact shows Prayuth with his secretary-general Distat Hotrakitya at the entrance of the Royal Thai Police Headquarters.
Evidence of a list of police officers fast-tracked through the ranks based on favours and connections has given fuel to the country’s pro-democracy movement.