#404 - Singapore-Born Comedian Faces Backlash Over MH370 Joke & Tharman Runs for President

This week, Singapore-born comedian Jocelyn Chia incurred the wrath of furious Malaysians after posting a video of her stand-up comedy performance, in which she insulted Malaysia and made a joke about the missing airliner MH370. Government officials from both countries have released statements, protests have been planned, and even other comedians, like Dr. Jason Leong, are facing blowback from this incident. Was the joke really THAT bad? Also, Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam announced his intention to resign from the Government and to run for President, bringing to end months of speculation about who from the establishment will run at this year’s presidential election. But why did this momentous announcement bring a chuckle to us here at YLB?

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Singapore-Born Comedian Faces Backlash Over MH370 Joke

• Singapore-born comedian's MH370 joke draws Malaysians' ire
• Singapore apologises to Malaysians for comedian Jocelyn Chia's MH370 joke
• Umno Youth to protest Jocelyn Chia's insults in front of US Embassy in M'sia
• Jocelyn Chia backlash: Malaysian comedians weigh in on her MH370 joke

Tharman Runs for President

• SM Tharman to run for president, will resign from Govt and PAP on July 7 | The Straits Times
• Tharman's Meet-the-People session duties to be covered by Jurong GRC Shawn Huang
• Tharman Shanmugaratnam hopes to project Singapore's 'voice of reason' globally and be unifying figure domestically, if elected as president
• SM Tharman Shanmugaratnam's opening remarks at the doorstop interview
• Full transcripts of Tharman's resignation letter & PM Lee's response
• RDU calls for by-election as Tharman Shanmugaratnam is Jurong GRC's minority MP
• Presidential hopeful Tharman Shanmugaratnam used to write poems & play rugby

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