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Singapore investigates racism related to China-Nepal disaster, Air India investment

Mr Shanmugam told reporters that the Ministry of Digital Development and Information will also ask social media platforms to remove comments that breach guidelines. Police are investigating "shameful" racist and xenophobic online comments about the China-Nepal disaster and Singapore Airlines' (SIA) investment in Air India, Senior Minister K Shanmugam said on Saturday.

Singapore investigates racism related to China-Nepal disaster, Air India investment

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Police are investigating "shameful" racist and xenophobic online comments about the China-Nepal disaster and Singapore Airlines' (SIA) investment in Air India, Senior Minister K Shanmugam said on Saturday.

Mr Shanmugam told reporters that the Ministry of Digital Development and Information will also ask social media platforms to remove comments that breach guidelines.

"The media tells me that they had to remove several comments because they were so nasty.

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Police are investigating "shameful" racist and xenophobic online comments about the China-Nepal disaster and Singapore Airlines' (SIA) investment in Air India, Senior Minister K Shanmugam said on Saturday. Mr Shanmugam told reporters that the Ministry of Digital Development and Information will also ask social media platforms to remove comments that breach guidelines. "The media tells me that they had to remove several comments because they were so nasty.

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