PRC scholar calls S'poreans 'gangsters' and 'dogs'

ditzy SG

If he runs his mouth in a real job, it will be more than just 3k n community service.

TehJarVu SG

it also cost him his last semester of scholarship
besides the $3000 fine and 3mths community service

to expel him would get the nod of many singaporeans
but many may also deem the institution as being too harsh
this way, he gets his punishment and the institution gets to show that it's merciful and magnanimous towards 'one of its own' while disciplining him

M the name SG

At least compared to Wang Peng Fei, the Sun can still graduated while the latter is expelled. Still let just said if the same mistake is done by an Caucasian student (unlike Michael Fay type of course), your think the same treatment will be imposed ? :-? thinking

charlize SG

Why is it in Stomp?

Kuali Baba SG

Frankly speaking, I was only expecting a letter of reprimand. Not saying that that would have been enough, of course.

What I'm saying is that a $3000 fine is pretty tough for a few strong words, in my opinion. Add three months of community service, and it all adds up.

Not to mention he still has to face his scholarship board.

While I still think that he should have his scholarship revoked and be deported on the next flight home, this is quite a bit more than a slap on the wrist.

His benefits have been terminated for next semester, according to the memo.

charlize SG

3 months of community service could mean just once a month for 3 months.

SevenEleven SG

3 months of community service could mean just once a month for 3 months.

nope...it's 3 months once. there's such a thing call quarterly

troublemaker2005 SG

great - so more of them can cum here and insult us - becasue only 3 months reformative a few k fine, no jail no cane - i already say everything about sg is sending teh wrong signal to those talents. the whioel coctry no integrity. i certainly knownext election 'who' to vote, 'what' not to vote. 'who' as a human, 'what' as a heartless non living thing

fudgester SG

His benefits have been terminated for next semester, according to the memo.

Okay, that's an even more punishment for him.

For those of you who think his punishment is that light, please consider that he has to:

1. Pay a $3000 fine,

2. Do 3 months community service

3. Have his scholarship benefits terminated for one semester

All that for doing something which strictly speaking wasn't criminal. Yeah, he p*ssed off a lot of Singaporeans, but at least it was a remark that targeted Singaporeans in general and not specific racial or religious groups (in which case, the remarks would have been far more damaging, and the Racial Harmony or Sedition Acts could've been tossed at him).

Heck, that A*Star scholar who pranced around naked in Holland V got away with a smaller fine.

Sure, he could've gotten expelled and deported, but do consider that his punishment is not exactly small potatoes either.

Not trying to defend his actions; all I'm saying is, it's not exactly accurate to say that he got away with it with a slap on the wrist.

charlize SG

As always, after one week.

This will be forgotten.

Let's move on.

TehJarVu SG

now we already have another axe to grind

make it axes

the primary 1 thing and the T4 thing

FireIce SG

was his apology even sincere?

troublemaker2005 SG

oh no, what makes a person that apologizes to dogs? bitch?

really it should be a cane! then all will remember cum here don;t play play.

come on insulting a whole nation is worse than insulting a race!

really i think really we must be dogs

cane him a few strokes good then send him packing, is better than all the fines!

next time another one do the same and then you see sg will soon loose its place on earth.

don;t worry about no one cumming here study - lots of them queueing

laurence82 SG

will his countrymen protest in front of NUS?

Siliconchip SG

Typical Chinese.

Just_do_it_lah SG

All Singaporean.... Remember this....

Just_do_it_lah SG

He will be more infamous than Mas Selemat....

shrekho SG

Okay, that's an even more punishment for him.

For those of you who think his punishment is that light, please consider that he has to:

1. Pay a $3000 fine,

2. Do 3 months community service

3. Have his scholarship benefits terminated for one semester

Heck, that A*Star scholar who pranced around naked in Holland V got away with a smaller fine.

Sure, he could've gotten expelled and deported, but do consider that his punishment is not exactly small potatoes either.

Not trying to defend his actions; all I'm saying is, it's not exactly accurate to say that he got away with it with a slap on the wrist.

Fudge, on the other hand, those amount could be just peanuts to his family.

However, I am just a bit amused about how Education institutes award scholarships to people.

alize SG

Chinese MOE scholar Sun Xu has been fined $3,000 and required to perform three months of community service by the National University of Singapore (NUS) for calling Singaporeans "dogs" on his microblog.

The NUS on Monday also revoked the engineering student's scholarship benefits for his final semester.

An NUS spokesperson said: “Mr Sun’s undergraduate scholarship benefits have been terminated for the final semester as his behaviour was unbecoming of a scholarship holder. Hence, he is required to pay back about $8,200 for the first tranche of this semester’s scholarship benefits, which had been disbursed to him."

"Each undergraduate scholarship, which covers school fees and accommodation, costs between $18,000 to $25,000 per year. Under the terms of Mr Sun’s undergraduate scholarship, he is required to work in a Singapore-based company for up to 6 years. The full length of service obligation still applies to Mr Sun."

"The University, which is administering the scholarship, has conveyed these details to Mr Sun," she said.

Sun had been called before the school's disciplinary board on 13 March after he came under a heavy online backlash following his "there are more dogs than humans" in Singapore post on his personal Weibo microblog.

In an email circulated on Monday to NUS students, Prof Tan Eng Chye, deputy president of academic affairs and provost, said the board "has ruled that his remarks were improper, insensitive and disrespectful to the community. The remarks had also stirred up considerable unease, distrust and ill-will within and beyond the university community."

The Board of Discipline (BOD), comprising senior academics as well as representatives of the NUS Students’ Union, meted out the punishments as "his behaviour was unbecoming of a scholarship holder." NUS is the administrator of his scholarship.

Prof Tan added that Sun has been counselled and is deeply sorry.

At 2pm on Monday, Sun posted another public apology on his Facebook page, accepting the NUS Board of Discipline's decision.

"My last month has been filled with great regrets and remorse. My comments were disrespectful and inappropriate, and I am very sorry for making those comments... I just want to say again that I am deeply sorry. Please accept my sincere and heartfelt apologies," he wrote.

In an ongoing Yahoo! poll, 39 per cent of respondents felt the punishments were too lenient, while 35 per cent said they were too little, too late.

alize SG

And yet Mr Baey said initially:

"I can understand why they reacted that way, it's not a pleasant thing to hear, belittling of Singaporeans. I think there's a bit of patriotism at play, which is a good thing. Although he didn't specifically mention Singaporeans, he just said "in Singapore".

He didn't mention Singaporeans per se; it could have been an unpleasant experience which he had. I can imagine why people are unhappy, and it could be a result of the way young people write. They could be expressive in how they describe things, which someone who's older might not appreciate. And of course, the slang and the things he used is very Shanghainese. I think it's quite colloquial, likewise I think there are some young-speak which I don't understand.

Even his comment about the dogs - it might not literally mean that, it might mean something else, even though it is definitely not something positive.

We (also) need to reflect, are we the way that they described?” "

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