MALICIOUS media, Khit Thit Media, intentionally circulated false information, claiming that the Obo prison warden and staff neglected the health-related reports without providing proper healthcare services to prisoners as diarrhoea broke out in prison, and prisoners with gastrointestinal illness also suffered from abdominal pain for inconvenient bean curry and rice starting from the second week of January.

According to the record of Mandalay Central prison, three male inmates and one female inmate were treated at the outpatient ward of the prison hospital in January. Last month, there were only seven patients with abdominal disease. The prison officer explained that no patient was seen until 23 January.

Moreover, prison officials inspected prisoners’ food before serving it and distributed it systematically following the health rules.

Prison officials also resolved the complaints regarding the food. Therefore, the Khit Thit Media deliberately spread such fake news to mislead the public.

Thitsa/KTZH

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