Uncle Roger AKA Nigel Ng sparks controversy

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UK-based Malaysian Malaysian comedian Nigel Ng known for his orange polo tee clad alter ego Uncle Roger is facing a backlash from netizens for deleting a video he shot with Mike Chen, an American food personality and critic of the Chinese government, rep

8days.sgMr Ng recently filmed a video with Chen where they reviewed another content producer making what they called the “ugliest dumpling ever”.

The YouTuber also called upon his followers to sign petitions to “end the CCP” and has included hashtags such as #CCP_is_terrorist on his Twitter account. In the statement, he wrote: “It has come to my understanding that this video has made a bad social impact. My staff and I would like to express our sincerest apologies to everyone. Considering the seriousness of this issue and the negative impact of the video itself, we discussed internally and decided to take it down from all platforms During the process of working with the content-creator, I wasn’t aware of his political thoughts and his past incorrect remarks about China.

While getting praise from Chinese netizens for “reacting even before he got criticised” some have called for him to upload the apology in video form to prove his sincerity.

 

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