Singapore raps New York Times over editorial on Little India riot

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The Government has hit out at The New York Times over an editorial the newspaper carried on the Little India riot last month, taking issue with its decision to not publish a letter by Singapore’s Ambassador to the United States responding to the piece.

The editorial, published on Dec 28 and reprinted in the international edition on Dec 30, stated that tensions caused by the frustration of migrant workers over their wages and living conditions had “boiled over”, leading to the riot.

Singapore’s Ambassador to the United States Ashok Mirpuri had responded to the newspaper a few days later to “set out the facts”.

“Instead of publishing the letter, the Times prevaricated and raised fresh objections each time its previous objections were met,” the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) said.

The MCI stated that the newspaper had objected to Mr Mirpuri saying it had been mistaken in its facts, claiming that it would render the letter a “correction”, which would have to be cleared by a senior editor and would not be publishable in the letter pages.