Posts falsely claim 'Malaysia has the second largest debt in Asia after Sri Lanka'

Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that Malaysia has the "second largest debt in Asia after Sri Lanka". However, the claims are false; the organisation has never issued such a statement about the Southeast Asian country. Malaysia's debt is also not the second largest in Asia.

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