A senior Foreign Ministry official denied a report which said the National League for Democracy is assessing to accept 300 000 Rohingya people from Bangladesh into Myanmar. The news was spread on social media earlier. A post on social media Facebook page of Kyaw Swar said “Plan to accept 300 000 Kular (a derogatory term used in Myanmar against Muslims and South Asian origins) Bengali (Rohingya) approved. The pictures showing a group of Rohingya people was also posted on the page together with the post. The post was shared among 4888 Facebook users and 4300 users have shared their emotion over the news. However, a spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Zayyar refuted the news in an in interview with 7 Day Daily on 23 January. The picture posted on the Facebook page of Kyaw Swar was actually the pictures of 700 Rohingya people rescued by Indonesia Navy guards and the pictures of migrant workers trying to enter into Indonesia. Reference: No 1342 January 23 7 Day Daily and BHRN