Cops Investigate Man For Offensive Tweet Against Indian Migrant Workers in Singapore

A 34-year-old man in Singapore is under investigation for allegedly promoting enmity between different racial groups by posting an offensive tweet against Indian migrant workers in the city-state, according to a media report.

Police on Saturday said they received a report on April 18 relating to offensive content against Indian migrant workers posted on Twitter by a user under the handle @sharonliew86, the media reported. The Twitter account has been removed.

Police have recognized the denounced and said that fundamental examinations uncovered that the man is accepted to be engaged with two different cases including hostile tweets. 

Examinations are on and whenever saw as blameworthy, the man can be imprisoned as long as three years as well as fined. 

Partner Commissioner Julius Lim said police will keep on taking an extreme remain against the individuals who look to stir network strains in multi-racial



Singapore. 

When we need the country to remain as one, acts that sow racial friction can't be approved," said Lim, who is likewise administrator of Bedok Police Division under which the case is being explored.

Indian nationals are among the largest foreigners working in the labour-intensive industries such as construction and shipyards in the city state.

Foreign workers in Singapore - many of them Indian nationals - have been hit hard by the coronovirus pandemic, with several foreign worker dormitories being placed under quarantine.

Singapore government and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have been assuring that foreign workers will be taken care off during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

As of Saturday noon, Singapore's Health Ministry has preliminarily confirmed an additional 618 cases of COVID-19 infection, the vast majority of whom are Work Permit holders residing in dormitories for foreign workers.