The son of presidential candidate Tan Kin Lian, Tan Boon Keng has taken to his personal Facebook on Thursday (Aug 24) to decry nasty comments from some netizens targeting his father and daughter. The remarks stemmed from a photo of 75-year-old Tan hugging a young girl on Tuesday (Aug 22) while he was walking out of the nomination centre to...
The son of presidential candidate Tan Kin Lian, Tan Boon Keng has taken to his personal Facebook on Thursday to decry nasty comments from some netizens targeting his father and daughter.
He explained that his daughter had been supporting her grandfather from the field, and ran over to him when he came out for photos. "For those of you haters who took such a loving moment and smeared him, shame on you," he wrote in his post, which included a screenshot of some of the "nasty and disgusting" comments from haters.
"Look at yourself in the mirror and hope one day someone does not judge you for holding your own daughter or granddaughter," he said.Boon Keng's post comes just days after Tan Kin Lian's daughter, Su Ling,
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