SINGAPORE, April 29 (AFP) - Singapore has defended its race policies after a UN envoy called for reforms including lifting restrictions on the public discussion of sensitive issues like ethnicity, language and religion.The foreign ministry said in a statement issued Wednesday that Singapore could not risk allowing such open discussions, stressing that the government, not the United Nations, would bear the consequences of ethnic strife.
Githu Muigai, the UN special rapporteur on racism, had proposed the reforms on Wednesday, at the end of a week-long visit to the city-state. Full Story
