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.