OFFICERS from the Foreign Affairs ministry will go beyond the call of duty to help Singaporeans when they encounter difficulties abroad, but there are limits to what they can do, Minister for Foreign Affairs K. Shanmugam said when he disclosed some of the more unusual requests that consular officers had to deal with.
One Singaporean asked for help to get refunds for unsatisfactory, illegal sexual services sought abroad while another asked for the launching of an investigation into a case of alleged racism after being served a smaller piece of chicken than the locals at a fast food chain overseas.
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