http://www.tremeritus.com/2012/02/22/moe-scholar-from-prc-finally-apologised/
A Ministry of Education (MOE) scholar from PRC, Mr Sun Xu, has been sparking widespread anger and condemnations among Singaporeans with his online offensive remark that “there being more dogs than humans in Singapore” since Sat night (18 Feb). He posted the comment on China’s microblog “Weibo” complaining to his compatriots about his rude encounter with a Singapore uncle.
When asked about the controversy by the media, Sun even replied nonchalantly without showing any signs of remorse that, “I am only complaining. It is just a small matter… Anyway, I have already deleted the comment.”
His arrogance and callousness even resulted in MediaCorp actor cum PAP member Tay Ping Hui calling him an ‘impertinent ingrate’ on his Twitter.
Meanwhile, prominent blogger Alex Tan has confirmed that he will be making a police report against Sun for criminal intimidation. When Sun’s blog friend told him that Alex might come after him, he boldly declared on his blog, “I will wait for him (Alex) with a knife.”
NUS also confirmed that they are investigating.
With pressure mounting for Sun to apologise, he finally capitulated and issued a public apology on his Facebook:
Sun wrote: “I am very sorry for the statement that I had made on my blog on 18 February 2012, which I now realize was insensitive and inappropriate. Please accept my sincere apologies.”
Sun came to study in Singapore in 2006 on a MOE scholarship for students from China. He is currently a final year Mechanical Engineering student at NUS.
Supporting one of these MOE foreign scholars for their undergraduate studies is not cheap. According to one estimate by one of the TRE readers (http://www.tremeritus.com/2012/02/1...-for-foreign-student-given-by-moe-understated), it costs the taxpayers about $174,000 to pay for 1 foreign scholar to study in a 4-year degree in our local universities.
From the incident, it is apparent that he has not been fully integrated into the Singapore’s society that the government has hoped for. For one thing, he prefers to hang around with his compatriots in China’s microblog “Weibo”.
A Ministry of Education (MOE) scholar from PRC, Mr Sun Xu, has been sparking widespread anger and condemnations among Singaporeans with his online offensive remark that “there being more dogs than humans in Singapore” since Sat night (18 Feb). He posted the comment on China’s microblog “Weibo” complaining to his compatriots about his rude encounter with a Singapore uncle.
When asked about the controversy by the media, Sun even replied nonchalantly without showing any signs of remorse that, “I am only complaining. It is just a small matter… Anyway, I have already deleted the comment.”
His arrogance and callousness even resulted in MediaCorp actor cum PAP member Tay Ping Hui calling him an ‘impertinent ingrate’ on his Twitter.
Meanwhile, prominent blogger Alex Tan has confirmed that he will be making a police report against Sun for criminal intimidation. When Sun’s blog friend told him that Alex might come after him, he boldly declared on his blog, “I will wait for him (Alex) with a knife.”
NUS also confirmed that they are investigating.
With pressure mounting for Sun to apologise, he finally capitulated and issued a public apology on his Facebook:
Sun wrote: “I am very sorry for the statement that I had made on my blog on 18 February 2012, which I now realize was insensitive and inappropriate. Please accept my sincere apologies.”
Sun came to study in Singapore in 2006 on a MOE scholarship for students from China. He is currently a final year Mechanical Engineering student at NUS.
Supporting one of these MOE foreign scholars for their undergraduate studies is not cheap. According to one estimate by one of the TRE readers (http://www.tremeritus.com/2012/02/1...-for-foreign-student-given-by-moe-understated), it costs the taxpayers about $174,000 to pay for 1 foreign scholar to study in a 4-year degree in our local universities.
From the incident, it is apparent that he has not been fully integrated into the Singapore’s society that the government has hoped for. For one thing, he prefers to hang around with his compatriots in China’s microblog “Weibo”.
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