A former Ngee Ann Polytechnic lecturer who previously went viral for racist remarks has bitten more than he can swallow.
After the incident which happened at Orchard road, he was subsequently accused of also making racist remarks in his class and he was eventually fired from Ngee Ann Poly.
He is now facing two counts for making racist remarks which happened in the viral video and another incident in his lecture.
He was also found with 64 videos of obscene videos.
If he is found guilty of promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion or race and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony, he can be jailed for up to 3 years and/or fine
For obscene videos, he can be face up to 1 year in jail and/or fines of up to $40,000
Background of incident:
A netizen was confronted and told that the man should only date his own race and claimed that the man is “preying on a Chinese girl”.
Mr Parkash said that he is half-indian and half filipino and his girlfriend is half Singaporean Chinese and half-Thai.
Law Minister K. Shanmugam described the incident as “quite unacceptable” and “very worrying”
The racist man said “It is racist for a that a Indian to prey on a Chinese girl”
Man films the incident and said that the guy is racist
“My name is Dave Parkash. I am a
Singaporean. Today i feel embarrassed, humiliated and hurt by how i was treated
by another fellow Singaporean.
My girlfriend and I was confronted by
a man who told us that we should only be dating with people of our own race. He
called himself a racist and even blamed us for being racist just because my gf
and I are from different races.