A 47-year-old man took the rainbow flag off the countertop of a salad bar and threw it at an employee working there.
The incident happened On Jan 18, employees working at SMOL Singapore located at Lau pa Sat was confronted by an aggressive man being unhappy with the display of the LGBT flag.
The man said: “Do you know that this is a public food court? Not everybody support LGBT!!?? How can you put this flag?? the kind of people who is destroying Singapore, go to hell”.
CCTV captures man in action
A questioned was to MHA asking about the status of the investigation.
MHA said: The Government’s position is clear – harassment and abuse of any person for any reason is not condoned. The law protects LGBTQ individuals the same as everyone else. For instance, POHA contains a range of both civil and criminal measures to protect all victims against offences involving harassment and abuse. Acts involving hurt or incitement of violence are criminalised under legislation such as the Penal Code. Amendments were also made to the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act (MRHA) in 2019 to make it an offence to urge violence on the grounds of religion or religious belief, against any person or group.
The man was given a 24-month conditional warning meaning if he were to repeat what he had done he will face harassment charges.