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[TD="class: msgtxt"][h=2]Highly racist and offensive caption – YPAP member?[/h]Posted by theonlinecitizen on November 16, 2011 29 Comments
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~by: Jewel Philemon~ A TOC reader, Mr Noor Firdaus was so irked by the photo above which was captioned with a highly racist and offensive remark that he wrote in to a few MPs requesting that they ask Mr Neo to take that picture down. Mr Firdaus claims that the picture with the highly offensive caption was posted on the Facebook of a Young PAP member Jason Neo.
Mr Firdaus said that MP for Chua Chu Kang GRC Zaqy Mohamed eventually replied to him saying that he will advise Mr Neo to take that picture down.
Mr Firdaus sent in his communication with Mr Neo and Mr Zaqy with the offensive picture to TOC, requesting that we draw attention to it on our website. He hopes that through this highlighting, people will learn to be more sensitive of the of the people of various ethnicity that live here, and also develop greater tolerance.
“As a political activist Jason should not have posted the picture”, says Mr Firdaus.
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The following is MP Zaqy Mohamad’s response to Mr Noor Firdaus:
Thank you again for keeping us informed. Jason Neo has removed the post which I personally feel is inappropriate, given our respect for multi-racialism and multi-culturalism here.
However, I am informed that the photo posted was made earlier in the year some time in Feb. Jason had joined YP much later in June. We will speak to him about his past posting, but rest assured, that YP does not condone this view or practice. I’d also like to assure you that this view is not prevalent among our members.
As a young person, Jason may not have realised the implications of his past postings once he has joined a political organisation and we hope that he will gain a lesson through this experience.
Thank you
Warmest regards,
Zaqy Mohamad
[/TD]However, I am informed that the photo posted was made earlier in the year some time in Feb. Jason had joined YP much later in June. We will speak to him about his past posting, but rest assured, that YP does not condone this view or practice. I’d also like to assure you that this view is not prevalent among our members.
As a young person, Jason may not have realised the implications of his past postings once he has joined a political organisation and we hope that he will gain a lesson through this experience.
Thank you
Warmest regards,
Zaqy Mohamad
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