Thursday, 24 Dec 2020 03:00 PM MYT
Migrant workers from Myanmar work at a street market amid the coronavirus disease pandemic in Bangkok December 23, 2020. ― Reuters pic
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BANGKOK, Dec 24 ― “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.
“Myanmar people are being labelled for transmitting Covid-19, but the virus doesn't discriminate,” said Sompong Srakaew of the Labor Protection Network, a Thai group helping migrant workers.