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Fifteen Bangladeshis, most of them construction workers, have been deported for posting on social media as part of anti-French protests.
The country’s Interior Ministry said on Tuesday there was a Malaysian in addition to the Bangladeshis. Who has been sent back to his country.
A statement said they had made some posts on social media in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks in France, which “fueled violence and destroyed community harmony.”
However, authorities did not say what was in these messages.
Of the total of 23 foreigners, 18 have been sent back to their respective countries through an investigation. The remaining seven are under investigation.
A statement from Singapore’s Interior Ministry said the country had been on high alert since early September as the security situation deteriorated. And security has been tightened in Singapore to prevent any attacks mimicking France.
At the beginning of last month, the schoolmaster was beheaded for displaying a cartoon of the Prophet of Islam in a classroom on the outskirts of Paris. Three people were killed in a knife attack at a church in the French city of Nice late last month.
The mayor of the city of Nice, Christian Estrusi, compared the murder to the murder of teacher Samuel Patty.
Recent statements by President Emmanuel Macron in support of the publication of cartoons of the Prophet of Islam have sparked protests in the Muslim world, and in some countries there have been protests for days. In some countries, boycotts of French products are also called for.
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