Fake news sparks hateful remarks against Rohingya refugees

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Some hateful posts on Twitter including those calling for Rohingya refugees to be murdered.PETALING JAYA: Social media users have flooded Facebook and Twitter with hateful remarks against Rohingya refugees in the wake of fake news that an activist from the community demanded they be granted citizenship. The fake news, attributed to Zafar Ahmad Abdul Ghani, who heads the Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organisation Malaysia (Merhrom), came in the wake of reports that Malaysian authorities had blocked a boat carrying starving Rohingya refugees from landing. Zafar has denied that he demanded citizenship for the refugees but checks by FMT on social media found that this clarification failed to quell the hateful remarks towards the community. On Twitter, RameshRaoAKS said: “I appeal to the government to close UNHCR’s office in Malaysia immediately, cancel the recognition of the U…