Former diplomat Bilahari Kausikan has labelled presidential candidate Tan Kin Lian a 'sexist' and a 'racist' in response to a series of controversial social media posts by Mr Tan between 2020 and 2022
Former diplomat Bilahari Kausikan has labelled presidential candidate Tan Kin Lian a"sexist" and a"racist" in response to a series of controversial social media posts by Mr Tan between 2020 and 2022
The former Ambassador-at-large made his dislike for Mr Tan clear on Monday when he linked an article covering the ex-NTUC Income chief’s defence of his comments on seeing “pretty girls” on public transport. On Tuesday , the academic posted an image of a controversial post Mr Tan had made, in which he had joked that he felt he was in “Mumbai” after boarding a bus filled with Indian passengers. Mr Bilahari said, “The guy is not just sexist but also a racist it seems!”
Two other prominent diplomats, meanwhile, have publicly backed establishment pick Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
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