# Shanmugam addresses racist comments over Nepal-Tibet and SIA-Air India issues

https://mins.news/en/video/46450

- CNA, 2026-09-05 09:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro7LCsdsRN0

> Singapore Senior Minister K Shanmugam condemned social-media comments about missing Singaporeans at the Nepal-Tibet border as well as an online “anti-Indian racist rant” linked to Air India seeking fresh equity from shareholders including Singapore Airlines. He called the remarks shameful, nasty and totally unacceptable, and said he had asked police to look into them.

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