A video of a self-proclaimed racist man who confronted an interracial couple and berated the Indian man for dating a Chinese girl, went viral on social media and the racist man drew flak online from netizens and even the Law Minister himself.
The man, Tan Boon Lee, 60-years-old, is a senior lecturer from Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP)’s School of Engineering, and he is currently suspended by the school and an internal investigation is being conducted; with NP considering the appropriate disciplinary action to be taken against him.
And now, new revelations about Tan racist behaviour has surfaced.
Used his classroom to share racist views about Islam
A former student of his class, Nurul Fatimah Binti Iskandar (@_new_rule_ on IG), shared that Tan would use their class period to have a full on discourse about Islam.
It escalated so badly that she ended up sitting on the floor outside the classroom while waiting for the unsettling speech to end.
She wrote that she was the only Muslim in the class at the time, and Tan would open websites on the projector and point out things that he didn’t agree with about the Quran and the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w to the class.
Made disparaging remarks about Allah and Islam
She quoted Tan as saying the following:
“Only animals will treat their children like how Allah does to his people.”
What type of father tells you to worship him 5 times a day and threatens to send you to hell if you don’t?”
“We need to be smart enough to identify if the religion we follow is fake or not.”
Allegedly complained to NP but nothing was done
Nurul shared that she remembered being livid and trying to build up the courage to make a complaint, but nothing happened.
Tan also allegedly pointed to her and asked her if she agreed with what he was saying.
Nurul then emphasized that Tan should not be allowed back to NP after his suspension is over; that a racist Islamophobe has no place educating our youths.
Revealed to also discriminated against Christianity
Another netizen shared his experience with Tan, saying that he discriminated Christianity and caused an outrage in the class.
Images source: Dave Park Ash on Facebook and @_new_rule_ on IG