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06-06-2015, 02:20 AM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
AFP Journalist
Bhavan Jaipragas
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https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/did...150447137.html (https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/did-sea-games-emcee-make-racist-comment-before-opening-ceremony-150447137.html)
Did SEA Games emcee make racist comment before opening ceremony?
Yahoo Newsroom
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The glittering SEA Games opening ceremony on Friday night seems to be marred by a spot of controversy.
Emcee Sharon Au could have ruffled some feathers with an inappropriate exchange with a young member of the audience during the ceremony's pre-show segment.
Journalist Bhavan Jaipragas, who was covering the event, posted about the incident on his Facebook page.
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Au and her fellow emcees, Chua Enlai and Nikki Muller, were trying to encourage audience members to say the phrase “Hello [name of country], welcome to Singapore” to welcome the overseas delegates as they marched into the stadium.
"In an audience interaction segment before the start of the SEA Games opening ceremony at the National Stadium, emcee Sharon Au approached an Indian girl seated in the stands. The girl did not perform the act as instructed (as did others before her). Au, speaking into a mike and with the cameras trained on her, shockingly put on a strong Indian accent, and while shaking her head from right to left asked the girl: 'What (Vat) happened? What happened?'” he wrote.
Bhavan also added that Au made fun of the girl’s name.
News agency AFP said Au "asked a small, ethnic Indian girl in the crowd to speak, and then mocked her accent".
The exchange happened at about 7.45pm, before the live broadcast of the SEA Games opening ceremony.
Yahoo Singapore understands that the SEA Games organising committee (SINGSOC) is aware of the incident and has contacted them for a response.
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AFP Journalist
Bhavan Jaipragas
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iQ_B4h9sPvk/maxresdefault.jpg
https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/did...150447137.html (https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/did-sea-games-emcee-make-racist-comment-before-opening-ceremony-150447137.html)
Did SEA Games emcee make racist comment before opening ceremony?
Yahoo Newsroom
http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/sports/2015-06-05/deeb2a80-0b93-11e5-a7af-a77c646e55c6_2015-06-05T130241Z_76510961_MT1ACI13788057_RTRMADP_3_SPO.J PG
The glittering SEA Games opening ceremony on Friday night seems to be marred by a spot of controversy.
Emcee Sharon Au could have ruffled some feathers with an inappropriate exchange with a young member of the audience during the ceremony's pre-show segment.
Journalist Bhavan Jaipragas, who was covering the event, posted about the incident on his Facebook page.
https://s.yimg.com/zz/os/publish-images/sports/2015-06-05/08336740-0b94-11e5-a7af-a77c646e55c6_Screen-Shot-2015-06-05-at-10-32-39-PM.png
Au and her fellow emcees, Chua Enlai and Nikki Muller, were trying to encourage audience members to say the phrase “Hello [name of country], welcome to Singapore” to welcome the overseas delegates as they marched into the stadium.
"In an audience interaction segment before the start of the SEA Games opening ceremony at the National Stadium, emcee Sharon Au approached an Indian girl seated in the stands. The girl did not perform the act as instructed (as did others before her). Au, speaking into a mike and with the cameras trained on her, shockingly put on a strong Indian accent, and while shaking her head from right to left asked the girl: 'What (Vat) happened? What happened?'” he wrote.
Bhavan also added that Au made fun of the girl’s name.
News agency AFP said Au "asked a small, ethnic Indian girl in the crowd to speak, and then mocked her accent".
The exchange happened at about 7.45pm, before the live broadcast of the SEA Games opening ceremony.
Yahoo Singapore understands that the SEA Games organising committee (SINGSOC) is aware of the incident and has contacted them for a response.
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