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As fighting between the Burmese junta and ethnic rebel forces intensifies, a video of tanks being transported in Cambodia has been shared hundreds of times in social media with a false claim that it was taken in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in March 2024. The video was posted online at least two months earlier and was filmed at a market in the southwestern part of\u00a0Cambodia.\u00a0
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“10\/3\/2024 Rakhine,” reads the Burmese caption of a Facebook post<\/a> published on March 10, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

The video shows a convoy of large trucks carrying tanks in camouflage patterns through a road.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Screenshot taken on March 25, 2024 of the false post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Clashes have rocked Myanmar’s western Rakhine state since the Arakan Army (AA) attacked security forces in November 2023, ending a ceasefire that had largely held since the military’s 2021 coup.<\/p>\n

Junta troops hold Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine, but in recent weeks AA fighters have made gains<\/a> in surrounding districts.<\/p>\n

Pro-junta Facebook accounts in Myanmar have also shared the video alongside similar claims\u00a0here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The comments under the post suggest that many people believed this video was filmed in Rakhine.<\/p>\n

“May Myanmar army troops win,” one person commented.<\/p>\n

Another wrote, “May our Tatmadaw succeed in all the wars.”<\/p>\n

However, this video was not filmed in Myanmar. AFP was able to geolocate the video to a market in Cambodia.<\/p>\n

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Keyword search of the TikTok handle<\/span> seen in the clip led to a video<\/a> published on January 26, 2024 by a user who regularly uploads videos in Khmer – the official language of Cambodia (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The same user has also\u00a0published<\/a> multiple videos from the same location (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Below is the screenshot comparison of the video from the false post (left) and the video from TikTok (right):<\/p>\n

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Screenshot comparison of the video from the misleading post (left) and the video from TikTok (right)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Multiple billboards with Khmer language are visible in the video.<\/p>\n

Using these visual clues, AFP was able to geolocate the video to\u00a0Tram Kak market<\/a> in Cambodia’s Takeo province, located about 80 kilometres (<\/span>50 miles) southwest of the capital\u00a0Phnom Penh.<\/p>\n

Below is a screenshot comparison of the video in the false post (left) and the Google Street View image of Tram Kak marke<\/span>t (right) with similarities highlighted by AFP:<\/p>\n

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Screenshot comparison of the video in the false post (left) and the Google Street View image of Tram Kak market <\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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Reverse image search on Google of the insignia seen in the tanks also showed that the vehicles belong to the Royal Cambodian Army as seen in this\u00a0AFP photo<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Below is the screenshot comparison of the tanks seen in the TikTok video (left) and the AFP photo (right) with the insignia highlighted by AFP:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Screenshot comparison of the tanks seen in the TikTok video (left) and the AFP photo (right) with the insignia highlighted by AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

The video was published days after Cambodia held a\u00a0military parade<\/a> to mark the 25th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Cambodian Army at its headquarters in the capital Phnom Penh on January 24, 2024 (archived link<\/a>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

AFP had previously debunked misinformation related to clashes in Myanmar here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n