There have been no arrests or crackdowns on the supporters of US president-elect Donald Trump in Bangladesh, said Chief Adviser's press wing, reports UNB.
Some international newspapers have been “aggressively spreading misinformation” about the student-led mass uprising since Sheikh Hasina was ousted in a popular revolution in August, said the press wing through its fact-checking Facebook page.
“They have hugely exaggerated the violence against minorities during the post-revolution days. They just repeated the same canards over today's arrest of AL supporters,” the message reads.
Dozens of activists of the Awami League party, whose leadership, officials, and members have been accused of mass murders, corruption, and laundering of tens of billions of dollars, were arrested in the country on Sunday on charges of planning subversive activities in the capital, Dhaka, said the press wing.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has issued a statement to this effect.
“Some of these people were carrying Donald Trump's photos after the fugitive AL leader, Sheikh Hasina, reportedly ordered her supporters to carry his portrait and use them as a shield against arrests,” said the press wing.
“They told police they didn't follow US politics and only carried Trump posters at the order of Hasina,” the press wing claimed.
Bd-pratidin English/Tanvir Raihan
