Claim– Dr Yunus suspended 67 senior officers and 3872 junior officers from the army including the army chief Wakar Uz Zaman says The Washington post.
Fact– The Washington Post report was a hoax and they confirmed it through an X post.
An image posted on the X with ‘The Washington Post’ logo reported that American analyst Jacqueline Alemany claimed the interim Bangladeshi government finalized a list of 67 senior military officials, including General Waker-uz-Zaman, and 3,872 military personnel to be dismissed. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country, and Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan resigned, leading to an interim government headed by Dr. Muhammad Yunus initiating a large-scale army restructuring, which could cause military dissatisfaction and further political instability. The content of the post was also shared by writer Taslima Nasrin.
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Newschecker has verified the claim to be false.
Fact check/Verification
A report allegedly from The Washington Post, authored by American journalist and political analyst Jacqueline Alemany, claims that the interim government has finalized a list of 67 senior military officials, including Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman, and 3,872 military personnel to be dismissed. The report is dated October 21.
Upon investigation, it was found that there is no such report on Jacqueline Alemany’s X account or in her author profile on The Washington Post’s website. We also found that even the name of the author was spelt wrong in the viral image. The viral image wrote the name as ‘Jackie Alemany’ whereas the actual name of the author is ‘Jacqueline Alemany.’
Additionally, no such report can be found on The Washington Post’s website or its social media profiles (Facebook and X)
The Washington Post’s official public relations account on X, Washington Post PR, confirmed the matter as fake through a post
Conclusion
The claim that the interim government has finalized a list of 67 senior military officials, including Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman, and 3,872 military personnel to be dismissed, accompanied by an image of a report bearing The Washington Post’s name and logo, is entirely false.
Our Sources:
Jacqueline Alemany 𝕏/Account & Author Profile
Washington Post PR X Post
Washington Post Website, Facebook, 𝕏 Handles
