Yishun Innova JC student assisting police after throwing black bag while dressed in keffiyeh & robe on Racial Harmony Day
A Yishun Innova Junior College (YIJC) student has been jeered online, after his antics on video showing him throwing a black bag while dressed in a keffiyeh and robe, was widely circulated on the internet.
The incident is believed to have taken place in the school on July 21, which is Racial Harmony Day -- one day a year when students are allowed to show up to class dressed in clothing that reflect the major ethnicities of Singapore to commemorate the event.
The male student involved is assisting police who are looking into the incident, according to Today.
In response, the Ministry of Education said it is aware of a video depicting a “misbehaving student” from YIJC.
MOE added: “YIJC has spoken to the student to help him understand that his actions were inappropriate, and that care and sensitivity must be exercised in Singapore’s multiracial and multireligious context.”
“The student is currently cooperating with police investigations.”
How the video spread
The video was believed to have been originally posted or reshared publicly on TikTok, which was subsequently removed and is no longer accessible.
Copies of it still exist on other social media platforms though.
What the video showed
The student dressed in a keffiyeh and robe was seen with two other students with black bags over their heads, and they carried out actions that resembled mock executions.
In one scene, the student in the keffiyeh and robe was seen bringing a student with a black bag over his head into a classroom.
The student with the bag over his head was made to kneel down, and the other student pretended to slit his throat.
In another scene, another student with a black bag over his head was led into a classroom and a black haversack bag was thrown onto the ground, before the student in the keffiyeh and robe ran out in an exaggerated manner.
Reactions
Responses to the clips, gleaned from numerous commentsleft on forums and social media posts where the videos were shared, were almost unanimously against the antics of the JC students.
Those who found the actions offensive said the students trivialised the gravity of terrorism, as well as demonstrated their lack of awareness of the September 11 attacks in 2001, and the real world consequences of groups, such as Al Qaeda and ISIS, in the Middle East.
Others who did not find the antics original, highlighted that the actions of the JC students were borrowed from a wildly viral prank from years ago, which saw a prankster overseas hurling a bag at strangers while dressed in a keffiyeh and robe, causing panic in public, and recording the reactions of those pranked.
Still others who commented relegated the actions of the students to a desperate but harmless attempt to gain short-term fame, at the expense of political correctness.
Others who were less charitable in their reading of the students' actions, said those who participated were well aware they were subverting the tenets of Racial Harmony Day by doing what they did publicly and for posterity by making recordings with a likely view of disseminating the clips subsequently.
Now YIJC shall be synonymous with that guniang kid slapping his butt and flipping the bird at Tuas Second Link, and this allahu akbar wannabe, well fucking done indeed.
Security threats should be taken seriously, says MHA after bomb hoax at Evergreen Secondary School
SINGAPORE: Security threats should be taken seriously, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Thursday (Jul 21), after a bomb hoax at Evergreen Secondary School.
Students and staff of Evergreen Secondary School in Woodlands were evacuated on Thursday morning after the school received a bomb threat.
A thorough sweep of the school compound was conducted by the police, and the threat was later determined to be false.
"Even though the threat was determined as false, such security threats should be taken seriously," MHA said in a Facebook post.
"It is important to have safety and security protocols in place, and to exercise crisis plans regularly."
The ministry also stressed the importance of remaining calm when responding to a crisis, and only referring to official or credible information sources.
"This will ensure that we do not spread any misinformation that could create unnecessary panic."
The Home Team has been working with community partners to ramp up its emergency preparedness capabilities, particularly for terror attacks, said MHA.
Education Minister Chan Chun Sing posted about the false bomb threat at the school earlier on Monday, saying that the police had completed their security checks and determined that it was a hoax.
The police said in response to queries later that they were alerted to the alleged bomb threat at about 7.40am.
No threat items were found during security checks, said the police, adding that a male teenager is assisting in investigations.
I don't find this the least bit funny. Hope his ignorant ass gets arrested and charged so as to deter others who might be thinking of pulling a similar stunt.
Yishun Innova JC student assisting police after throwing black bag while dressed in keffiyeh & robe on Racial Harmony Day
A Yishun Innova Junior College (YIJC) student has been jeered online, after his antics on video showing him throwing a black bag while dressed in a keffiyeh and robe, was widely circulated on the internet.
The incident is believed to have taken place in the school on July 21, which is Racial Harmony Day -- one day a year when students are allowed to show up to class dressed in clothing that reflect the major ethnicities of Singapore to commemorate the event.
The male student involved is assisting police who are looking into the incident, according to Today.
In response, the Ministry of Education said it is aware of a video depicting a “misbehaving student” from YIJC.
MOE added: “YIJC has spoken to the student to help him understand that his actions were inappropriate, and that care and sensitivity must be exercised in Singapore’s multiracial and multireligious context.”
“The student is currently cooperating with police investigations.”
How the video spread
The video was believed to have been originally posted or reshared publicly on TikTok, which was subsequently removed and is no longer accessible.
Copies of it still exist on other social media platforms though.
What the video showed
The student dressed in a keffiyeh and robe was seen with two other students with black bags over their heads, and they carried out actions that resembled mock executions.
In one scene, the student in the keffiyeh and robe was seen bringing a student with a black bag over his head into a classroom.
The student with the bag over his head was made to kneel down, and the other student pretended to slit his throat.
In another scene, another student with a black bag over his head was led into a classroom and a black haversack bag was thrown onto the ground, before the student in the keffiyeh and robe ran out in an exaggerated manner.
Reactions
Responses to the clips, gleaned from numerous comments left on forums and social media posts where the videos were shared, were almost unanimously against the antics of the JC students.
Those who found the actions offensive said the students trivialised the gravity of terrorism, as well as demonstrated their lack of awareness of the September 11 attacks in 2001, and the real world consequences of groups, such as Al Qaeda and ISIS, in the Middle East.
Others who did not find the antics original, highlighted that the actions of the JC students were borrowed from a wildly viral prank from years ago, which saw a prankster overseas hurling a bag at strangers while dressed in a keffiyeh and robe, causing panic in public, and recording the reactions of those pranked.
Still others who commented relegated the actions of the students to a desperate but harmless attempt to gain short-term fame, at the expense of political correctness.
Others who were less charitable in their reading of the students' actions, said those who participated were well aware they were subverting the tenets of Racial Harmony Day by doing what they did publicly and for posterity by making recordings with a likely view of disseminating the clips subsequently.
Now YIJC shall be synonymous with that guniang kid slapping his butt and flipping the bird at Tuas Second Link, and this allahu akbar wannabe, well fucking done indeed.
Security threats should be taken seriously, says MHA after bomb hoax at Evergreen Secondary School
SINGAPORE: Security threats should be taken seriously, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Thursday (Jul 21), after a bomb hoax at Evergreen Secondary School.
Students and staff of Evergreen Secondary School in Woodlands were evacuated on Thursday morning after the school received a bomb threat.
A thorough sweep of the school compound was conducted by the police, and the threat was later determined to be false.
"Even though the threat was determined as false, such security threats should be taken seriously," MHA said in a Facebook post.
"It is important to have safety and security protocols in place, and to exercise crisis plans regularly."
The ministry also stressed the importance of remaining calm when responding to a crisis, and only referring to official or credible information sources.
"This will ensure that we do not spread any misinformation that could create unnecessary panic."
The Home Team has been working with community partners to ramp up its emergency preparedness capabilities, particularly for terror attacks, said MHA.
Education Minister Chan Chun Sing posted about the false bomb threat at the school earlier on Monday, saying that the police had completed their security checks and determined that it was a hoax.
The police said in response to queries later that they were alerted to the alleged bomb threat at about 7.40am.
No threat items were found during security checks, said the police, adding that a male teenager is assisting in investigations.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/evergreen-secondary-school-bomb-threat-security-mha-2826441
Take a chill pill y'all, why so serious? ;)
Fucktard didn't get the memo right, he thought it was racial disharmony day.
Looks like someone's itching for a lim kopi session with the police
Yislum again.