LONDON (REUTERS) – A British man has been sentenced to pay compensation and observe a curfew at weekends after pleading guilty to posting racist abuse about England players on the night of the Euro finals in July. England’s Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, who are Black, were bombarded with online abuse after they... » read more
LONDON (REUTERS) – England winger Jadon Sancho apologised for missing his penalty during the shootout against Italy in the European Championship final at Wembley but said he was not surprised by the online racist abuse that followed. Substitutes Marcus Rashford, Sancho and Bukayo Saka all missed spot kicks in the 3-2 shootout loss to Italy... » read more
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Facebook and Twitter said Monday (July 12) they were scrambling to take down racially abusive comments directed at members of the England football team following a heartbreaking loss in Sunday’s Euro 2020 final. The US social media giants said they were taking down racist and hateful content which had prompted condemnation from... » read more
SINGAPORE – A woman who had been caught on video making purportedly racist remarks has been offered bail of $5,000 after she was remanded at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for psychiatric observation. Former property agent Tan Beow Hiong, 57, is now represented by lawyer Sng Kheng Huat who appeared in a district court... » read more
SINGAPORE – A woman caught on video making racist remarks appeared in a district court on Friday (June 18), and was charged with offences including public nuisance. Tan Beow Hiong, 57, made the headlines earlier this year after she was recorded grilling passengers about their race on an MRT train. Both her YouTube channel and... » read more
SINGAPORE – Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) is in the process of terminating the employment of senior lecturer Tan Boon Lee. This comes after a video of Mr Tan making racist remarks to an interracial couple in Orchard Road had gone viral online. This was followed by an Instagram post by NP alumnus Ms Nurul Fatimah Iskandar,... » read more