After Sri Lanka's president quit last month over a crippling economic crisis, Facebook posts shared a photo purportedly showing him fleeing to Singapore While Gotabaya Rajapaksa genuinely fled to the city-state, the photo shows him in Japan in 2016
Some social media users appeared to believe the photo genuinely showed the ex-president leaving the country as the economic crisis spiralled.with our money," read one Sinhala-language comment.
The post reads:"On way to #Nagoya with breathtaking view of Mount Fuji. Look forward to meeting Sri Lankan community in the evening - GR". Below is a screenshot comparison between the photo in misleading posts and the photo from Rajapaksa's Facebook page :
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