Big issues over riot in Little India


epa03983019 A view of damaged police cars after a riot broke out in Little India along race Course Road in Singapore, 09 December 2013. A riot broke out in the Little India district of Singapore on 08 December 2013 after a Bangladeshi worker was hit and killed by a bus, local news report. EPA/ALPHONSUS CHERN SINGAPORE OUT, ONLINE OUT, NO SALES NO ARCHIVE

Singaporeans hold contrasting views over whether this is an isolated incident or the tip of an iceberg of grievances coming to the fore.

A BUNCH of flowers neatly placed in the middle of a street in Little India marks what remains of Singapore’s first riot in four decades.

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