Shoving incident in Singapore over man patting girl’s head stirs heated debate
Some defend the man for his ‘friendly gesture’ commonly practised by the elderly, while another says he should ‘stay in your lane’
· SCMP’s Asia desk
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Shoving incident in Singapore over man patting girl’s head stirs heated debate
Some defend the man for his ‘friendly gesture’ commonly practised by the elderly, while another says he should ‘stay in your lane’
· SCMP’s Asia desk
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· Iza Iglesias
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Meta faces biggest trial yet over social media harm to kids
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· Catherine S. Valente
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· Desiree Murphy
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