Tag: Little India Riots
From Little India riots to coronavirus: How crises can be a catalyst for reform
Singapore—With 85 percent of the country’s coronavirus cases taking place among migrant workers in dormitories, the living conditions of these workers have become part...
COI Chairman on Straits Times story: It’s…Contempt of Court
COI Chairman G Pannir Selvam has told the inquiry what the Straits Times did – by running a story on the bus driver relating...
Does Little India Bill mask the state’s true intent?
By Vincent Wijeysingha
Home Affairs Deputy Secretary of Operations and Development Roy Quek is the latest government officer to defend the Public Order (Additional Temporary...
Why there should be a coroner’s inquiry
By Elias Tan
The swiftness with which the government has dealt with those allegedly involved in the Little India riot pales in comparison with the...
Little India Riot: Allegations of Police Assault
On Friday, four more men were handed out additional charges for alleged rioting and one Arun Kaliamurthy who was charged previously made allegations of...
What is the fate of that bus driver?
By Augustine Low
We still know nothing about the culpability of one man in the Litle India riot – the driver who ran over the...
Little India riot: A case of self denial
By Tan Bah Bah
News of the riot in Little India on Dec 8 first reached me when someone flashed me what looked like headlines,...
ST writes to The Independent Singapore
I'm writing on behalf of The Straits Times about a post in your site which wrongly attributed remarks to us https://theindependent.sg.sg/little-india-riots-afterthoughts/
"The government must take...
Weekend enclaves: What can be done
By Gaurav Sharma
So now that the dust is slowly settling on the unfortunate events of last Sunday, it's probably time to look at the “weekend...
Little India Riot: Stop Blaming the Foreigners
Will Singaporeans stop blaming foreigners for everything big and small that goes wrong?
I am not condoning the Little India violence by any means, but...