SINGAPORE - Minister for Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam on Saturday (March 9) elaborated on why authorities cancelled a concert by Swedish black metal band Watain, saying its anti-Christian messages were something Singapore could not tolerate.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Minister for Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam on Saturday elaborated on why authorities cancelled a concert by Swedish black metal band Watain, saying its anti-Christian messages were something Singapore could not tolerate.
He said the matter was"not directly related to the community" but something important and which the community should understand and discuss openly. Said the minister:"I looked at it and I thought that there is some truth to what they say, I won't say that it is completely true but it is an approach." "You have a group of Malay young men, showing the one-finger sign, supporting the group. Next time you will have the Christians doing the same thing."
On Friday, the National Council of Churches of Singapore expressed its appreciation to the Ministry of Home Affairs and Mr Shanmugam for banning the concert.
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