War of words: Myanmar migrants face disinformation in Thailand

This photo taken on January 26, 2025 shows a woman wearing a shirt depicting former NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi at an outdoor market frequented by Myanmar migrant workers in Samut Sakhon province. More than a million people have fled Myanmar's brutal civil war to seek shelter and work in neighbouring Thailand. - AFP)

BANGKOK: More than a million people have fled Myanmar's brutal civil war to seek shelter and work in neighbouring Thailand, where experts say nationalists are using disinformation to fuel prejudice against them.

Social media platforms have been flooded by false claims that Myanmar migrant workers were demanding a 700-baht (US$21) minimum daily wage - almost twice that paid to Thais.