Russian ‘Facebook’ bans Myanmar army chief, hardline monk
YANGON – Russian social media site VKontakte (VK) has followed Facebook by banning Myanmar’s army chief and a nationalist monk known for stirring up Islamophobia in a country condemned globally for the treatment of its Rohingya Muslims. Facebook blacklisted Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other top military brass three weeks ago after a damning report by UN investigators called for their prosecution for genocide over the army’s brutal crackdown on the Rohingya. The military head immediately opened up an account on VK, which has a very similar blue and white interface to its Silicon Valley counterpart...
Sep 17, 2018 ... YANGON – Russian social media site VKontakte (VK) has followed Facebook by banning Myanmar's army chief and a nationalist monk known ...