Pritam Singh: 'There is no place for racism in Singapore. No ifs. No buts.'

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Singapore— Workers' Party chief and Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh said, 'There is no place for racism in Singapore', in a brief response to a speech by Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam in Parliament on Tuesday (May 11). In

, racism and xenophobia were discussed in Parliament.as saying: “If we go down this route, eventually all Indians can be a target of hate.”, referring to a statement issued by Workers’ Party MP and media team head Leon Perera on Monday .

“We should take heed of incidents like this as it is a reminder of the part we all play to deny acceptability ability to acts of hate such as this appears to be.” Mr Singh then added that the Workers’ Party is in agreement with Mr Shanmugam’s statement about such acts in Singapore. “There is no place for racism in Singapore. No ifs. No buts.”The minister had warned that Singapore would fail should such harmful actions and attitudes be allowed to flourish. He also added that Indians in Singapore could be targeted for hateful acts.

Specifically addressing Non-Constituency MP Leong Mun Wai of the Progress Singapore Party, Mr Shanmugam said: “I am looking at you, Mr Leong. I invite you to put up a motion to debate CECA. You know that most of what is said about CECA is false.

 

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