Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has publicly condemned anti-Indian racism that emerged online in the wake of two unrelated events: the disappearance of nine Singaporeans in flash floods in Nepal and Tibet, and Singapore Airlines' investment in Air India. Wong warned that prejudice must never be normalised, stating that unchecked hostility risks deepening mistrust between communities in the multiracial city-state, where ethnic Chinese make up 75% of the population and Indians around 9%. Senior Minister K. Shanmugam confirmed that police are investigating the comments, and former Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong also called on Singaporeans to respond to the flood tragedy with "compassion and solidarity" rather than racial resentment.