Bullying is not ok. This thread is shameful and a discredit to you all. I wish I could show your mothers, fathers, partners, and work colleagues. You would not be such brave keyboard warriors then.
My boyfriend was very disturbed when K. Shanmugam, Minister for Law and for Home Affairs, wanted to sue Ms Sangeetha last year August for allegedly seditious and racist remarks. Mr K. Shanmugam had said that Ms Sangeetha had distorted his words and that he intended to file a police report against her.
My boyfriend spent sleepless nights during that episode because he was worried that Singapore's hard-won peace and multi-racial, multi-religious stability had come under threat.
It was only when he learnt that Ms Sangeetha had retracted her statements and apologized to the Minister that he was finally able to put his mind at ease.
My boyfriend went through a traumatic phase because of the thoughtless and careless Facebook postings by Ms Sangeetha. I would like to know if my boyfriend can claim compensation from Sangeetha for the averse effect this incident had on his health and his mental well-being.
My boyfriend is a sensitive and caring man and the last thing he wants to see is racism and seditious remarks undermining the security of Singapore.
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I have been asked about a Facebook post by Ms Thanapal regarding my comments at a Singapore Press Club event on 27 August 2015. She unfortunately twisted what I had said and suggested that I was an “Islamaphobic bigot who thinks Malay-Muslims are a threat”.
I had not said anything like that.
I spoke about the issue of integration in the Malaysian education system. The key points I wanted to convey were:
1) The Chinese leadership in various local areas in Malaysia want to maintain control over the Chinese population. It suits them to have Chinese students go to Chinese schools instead of mainstream Malaysian schools. And the schools are more Chinese (because they are effectively single race).
2) At the same time, many mainstream schools in Malaysia are becoming more Malay (because the students are largely Malay) and Islamic (e.g. through the way some principals and teachers handle matters) which discourages the Chinese from going into those schools.
3) So you end up with having more Malays going to mainstream schools, and more Chinese going to Chinese schools. As a result, the different races are kept apart from a young age.
4) This makes integration more difficult.
My point therefore was essentially that this is the predominant situation in the Malaysian education system. This is not good for integration.
The video clip of the news carried the essence of what I said, and this is also evident from the transcript of what I said.
What Ms Thanapal wrote is inaccurate and seditious, and attributes to me sentiments that I do not hold and have never held.
I intend to file a police report about this tomorrow.
