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SINGAPORE — A girl featured on a National Day banner by Tanjong Pagar GRC found herself the target of vicious comments online after an opposition politician highlighted her nationality. She had put up a Facebook post with a picture of herself smiling andMP Alvin Tan calls out Lim Tean's xenophobic post about girl on National Day banner
SINGAPORE — A girl featured on a National Day banner by Tanjong Pagar GRC found herself the target of vicious comments online after an opposition politician highlighted her nationality. She had put up a Facebook post with a picture of herself smiling and standing below the banner with the caption «Happy 59th Birthday Singapore». Opposition politician Lim Tean then shared the post and asked why a non-Singaporean was featured on the banner, drawing nasty comments from netizens. On Sunday (July 28), Tanjong Pagar GRC MP Alvin Tan called out Lim in a LinkedIn post, saying Singaporeans are better than the xenophobic rhetoric and views put forth by the People's Voice party founder. Many of the 103 comments on Lim's post featured xenophobic remarks, and the girl has since deleted her post. Describing the episode as «sad and discouraging», Tan said this is not who people here are as Singaporeans. Read more