Minister Sham scorns at sinkies again for being demanding when overseas

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Singaporeans can be a demanding lot when dealing with consular officers overseas





A cartoon of an angry-looking man in an embassy gesturing at the counter staff which accompanied Minister for Foreign Affairs K Shanmugam's light-hearted Facebook post on unusual requests that consular officers had to deal with. -- PHOTO: K SHANMUGAM/FACEBOOK







BY AUDREY TAN

SINGAPORE - Officers from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) will go beyond the call of duty to help Singaporeans when they encounter difficulties abroad, but there are limits to what they can do, Minister for Foreign Affairs K Shanmugam said on Thursday when he disclosed some of the more unusual requests that consular officers had to deal with.

One Singaporean asked for help to get refunds for unsatisfactory, illegal sexual services sought abroad while another asked for the launching of an investigation into a case of alleged racism after being served a smaller piece of chicken than the locals at a fast food chain overseas.

Another unusual request from a Singaporean man was for officers to convince his foreign girlfriend to quicken her divorce proceedings so he could marry her.

These were just three of five examples cited by Mr Shanmugam, who is also law minister, in his Facebook post on Thursday afternoon.




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