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Here’s another reminder for everyone to be more careful when using social media…and to be better human beings.
“A Filipino male nurse, who works for Tan Tock Seng Hospital, has been placed on administrative duties pending a police investigation after he posted inflammatory statements on Facebook against Singaporeans,” reports ABS-CBNnews.com.
In his post, the nurse declared: “Now the Singaporeans are loosers in their own country, we take their jobs, their women, their future, and soon evict all SG loosers out of their own country hahaha. The best part, I will be praying that disastors strike Singapore and more Singaporeans die than I will celebrate.”
The nurse, whose username was Edz Ello, later claimed that his Facebook account was hacked.
However, SG-based Asia One reported that the same Filipino nurse had previously made derogatory comments about Singapore on Facebook.
Meanwhile, on its Facebook page, Tan Tock Seng Hospital said it was cooperating with the police on the matter. Its statement read: “The Hospital and the nurse are cooperating fully with the police on this matter. The nurse is currently put on administrative duties, pending police investigations. We thank everyone for their concern and ask for patience for the investigation to take its due course.”
The Philippine embassy in Singapore has reminded Filipinos to be responsible about what they say on social media. “Be responsible when posting anything online that might be deemed as offensive or hurtful to others. Use your good judgement at all times,” the embassy said on its Facebook page.
Meanwhile a post on citizen journalism site The Real Singapore claims that “Filipino workers comprise 70 to 80 percent of the staff,” citing a report that appeared on a Chinese newspaper.
From the post: “According to a staff at the hospital, she said that 70 to 80 percent of the staff at the hospital are made up of Filipinos but the working relationship is cordial. The staff also said, ‘The professionalism of the Filipinos is not an issue. There are some of them who are outstanding as well. However, the discussion online [about the Pinoy male nurse] might affect their relationship with their Singaporean co-workers.”
Photo: Screengrab from SG-based website Stomp
