Singapore to deport 53 foreign workers over riot

 

Singapore says it will deport 53 foreign workers for their involvement in the country's worst riot in more than 40 years.Another 28 face criminal charges for the riot, which broke out on Sunday Dec 08,2013 in Singapore's Little India district. 

The men facing deportation consisted of 52 Indian nationals and one Bangladeshi national, Police Commissioner Ng Joo Hee said

Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean said: "We have taken strong and decisive action to charge and to repatriate those who took part in the riot, to send a strong signal that we will not tolerate actions by anyone which threaten law and order in Singapore."

The violent protests broke out after an Indian national was knocked down and killed by a bus

The outbreak of public disorder is rare in strictly-governed Singapore