Stand-up comedian no longer Singaporean, says High Commissioner

PETALING JAYA: Stand-up comedian Jocelyn Chia is no longer Singaporean, says the nation's High Commissioner to Malaysia Vanu Gopala Menon.

In a statement issued on Thursday , Menon said that he is appalled by the"gratuitously offensive comments" made by Chia in her performance.

"Comments such as those made by Chia are unhelpful and undermine the close trust and friendship that both our countries and peoples enjoy," he added. Chia - who was performing at a comedy club in the United States - first joked about Malaysia being a developing country that was far behind Singapore, 40 years after the island nation was"dumped" by Malaysia in 1965.

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