Riot breaks out in Singapore's Little India neighbourhood

[Jesus Malverde]

Source: Guardian UK

A rare riot broke out in Singapore on Sunday night, apparently after a Bangladeshi worker in the Little India district was hit and killed by a bus, a local television channel reported.

Channel News Asia showed dramatic pictures of burning vehicles and people attacking the windshield of a bus with sticks and refuse bins. It was not clear if anyone was injured in the rioting that began late in the evening.

Such violence is unheard of in Singapore, an orderly, modern city-state known for strict punishments for crime and generally law-abiding citizens.

In a statement, police confirmed that rioting took place but gave no details. It only said officers were on the scene in Little India, an area popular among Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Sri Lankan and Nepali expatriates.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/08/riot-singapore-little-india-bangladeshi-killed-bus

[NaturalHigh]

1. From what little I know about Singapore...

I don't think this will work out well for the rioters. At the very least, I would think there would be some caning.

[grantcart]

2. It will be interesting to follow.

In the past I would expect an exhaustive effort to bring all law breakers to prosecution, with possible significant reduction for those that demonstrate contrition.

This time we might see the government only focus on a few of those that initiated the riot because for the first time the PAP is losing contested seats to an opposition party and may not want to push more in the Indian community against the government.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Singapore