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Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he was “disappointed and seriously concerned” by an alleged racist attack on a woman for not wearing her mask while brisk walking.
He said in a Facebook post on Monday that the attack “goes against everything our multiracial society stands for, and the mutual respect and racial harmony that we hold so dear”.
He added: “It harms our international reputation more than we realise.”
“I understand people being under stress because of Covid-19, and anxious about their jobs and families.
“But that does not justify racist attitudes and actions, much less physically abusing and assaulting someone because she belongs to a particular race, in this case, Indian.