SINGAPORE: E-payment firm Nets on Thursday (Aug 1) apologised for any hurt caused by its recent advertising campaign to promote cashless payments, which featured a Chinese actor in "brownface".
The ad, which was described by politicians and Web users as insensitive and offensive, featured Mediacorp actor and DJ Dennis Chew portraying characters such as a woman in a tudung and a man with visibly darker skin. It was displayed online and in hawker centres.
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