Singapore’s Law and
Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam says he was glad that the
Bangladesh High Commission has issued a clear statement following Sunday
night's violence in ‘Little India’.
In a post on his Facebook wall shortly before noon on Monday,
Shanmugam said that "the rioters need to be dealt with in accordance
with the law”, reports Channel NewsAsia.
His remarks followed a statement from the Bangladesh High Commissioner in Singapore in the morning.
In
the statement, High Commissioner Mahbubuz Zaman had called on the
Bangladesh community to exercise calm and restraint and cooperate fully
with the law-enforcing agencies.
He had said the community was
duty bound to help the authorities to maintain the rule of law, and
added that this was necessary to maintain overall law and order.
Zaman
had also dismissed reports that the violence last night was fuelled by
an accident involving a Bangladeshi worker, saying the reports were not
based on facts.
At least 18 people, including 10 police officers
and four Singapore Civil Defence Force personnel, were injured in the
riot that broke out in ‘Little India’ on Sunday night.
The Channel
NewsAsia citing police said the trouble started after a private bus hit
and killed a pedestrian around 9.20pm at the junction of Race Course
Road and Hampshire Road.
A riot broke out shortly afterwards, involving a crowd of about 400 people, the report said.
Police then activated the Special Operations Command and Gurkha Contingent to the scene to bring the order, the report said.
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