SINGAPORE: The republic filed charges against 24 Indian nationals who allegedly took part in its first riot in over 40 years, as officials and activists warned against inciting racial hatred over the incident.
The men face up to seven years in jail plus caning for the hour-long fracas on Sunday night, triggered when an Indian construction worker was struck and killed by a private bus in a district known as Little India.
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