The five people questioned by the officials are aged between 29 and 66, Channel News Asia reported, citing police.
Police action into the alleged comments
The police confirmed they received reports about the online comments related to both matters, and a probe is underway, according to the report. The police noted that they have taken a serious view of the conduct that may hurt racial feeling of incite hostility. Skip. Rescue cut”. “Unfortunately, we have seen an uglier side emerge online. After the devastating floods in Nepal, racist comments were made about Singaporeans who remain missing.
The senior minister said that the death toll in the Nepal-Tibet flash floods is over a thousand, while several are still missing. He said that even after the disaster, such remarks continued to circulate online. Shanmugam gave examples of online remarks about the missing Singaporeans, including “No they are not our own”, “I only see Indian faces here, according to the report. More recently, questions about SIA’s investment in Air India have been accompanied by anti-Indian abuse,” he had said.
Earlier on Saturday, Singapore’s home affairs minister K Shanmugam noted that the police were investigating the alleged racist comments online about the flash floods and the SIA investment.
