Anti-Myanmar hate speech flares in Thailand over coronavirus


The outbreak has prompted a flare-up in online hate speech. - Reuters

BANGKOK (Reuters): "Wherever you see Myanmar people, shoot them down," read one Thai comment on YouTube after a surge of coronavirus cases among workers from Myanmar.

The outbreak, first detected at a seafood market near Bangkok, has prompted a flare-up in such online hate speech as well as questions over the treatment of millions of migrant workers in traditionally tolerant Thailand.

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