By Jeanette
Tan | Yahoo!
Newsroom – 34 minutes ago
Indian national Aditya Bhatia's Facebook status, where he
threatened to "plant bombs" at Marina Bay Sands. (Facebook
Screengrab)
A boy has levelled threats to “plant bombs” at Marina
Bay Sands(MBS)
— one of Singapore’s two integrated resorts — on Facebook, in the
latest of a chain of offensive social media posts that surfaced
this year.
The youth, who lists his name on Facebook as Aditya Bhatia, posted
a vulgarity-laced status on his profile that promised “revenge” on
Singapore, where he listed himself to be residing
in.
“The day I’ll [sic] leave Singapore ! Gonna take a big big revenge
[sic] !” he wrote, adding that he was going to “spit everywhere”
and “plant bombs on Marina Bay Sands”.
According to Bhatia’s Facebook profile, which reportedly has since
been taken down, he attended the Global
Indian International School in
Queenstown, and is from New Delhi.
Police confirmed with Yahoo!
Singapore that
by Monday, reports had been filed with regard to the matter from
several parties, including one from the integrated resort itself. A
spokesperson said its investigations are now ongoing, with MBS
agreeing to assist.
An MBS spokesperson added in response to the incident, “The safety
of our guests and staff is of paramount importance, and we will
take all necessary steps to ensure a safe and secure environment
for all at Marina Bay Sands.”
When contacted, members of the Indian expatriate community in
Singapore spoke up against Bhatia’s actions.
Investment banker Ravi Rao, 41, told Yahoo!
Singapore he
found the youth’s behaviour “disgraceful and a discredit to Indian
nationals living here”.
“I really hope Singaporeans do not feel that his views are
representative of our community,” he said.
“Even if he was venting his anger or said these things in the heat
of the moment, I feel that he needs to bear the consequences of his
actions — this is no laughing matter,” added 36-year-old Nirmala S,
a homemaker. “If he really dislikes Singapore so much, perhaps he
should do everyone a favour and return to India.”
Bhatia’s post adds to the list of social media posts that sparked
furious online reaction, the most notable of which came from former
NTUC assistant director Amy
Cheong,
who ended up losing
her job and
moving back to Australia, where she is a citizen.
Before her, Chinese undergraduate scholar Sun
Xu had
his scholarship
revoked after
referring to Singaporeans as “dogs” on his Sina Weibo
account.
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That is the consequence of imporfing
foreigners blindly. Your fault, LHL! I
am not sure if he will bomb LHL's house or not.
