A 52-year-old Indian-origin man was sentenced to two weeks' jail on Monday for attempting to promote racial enmity in Singapore by claiming that the ruling People's Action Party wanted to marginalize Malays in the country.

According to a media report, Sirajudeen Abdul Majeed pleaded guilty to one charge of deliberately intending to wound racial feelings and promoting enmity between groups on grounds of race. "Two other similar charges for promoting enmity were considered during his sentencing," the report said.

On June 12 and 13 last year, Majeed sent messages to three acquaintances claiming that the ruling party wants to make the Malay community a sub-minority and that other races were introduced to the country to just dilute the original race of Malay. Majeed also told his acquaintances to share the messages. One of the acquaintances later informed the police about it.

On August 5 last year, Majeed called the police on 999 (hotline) twice and made racially insensitive comments targeting Malays, Singapore's second-largest ethnic community, constituting for 15 percent of Singapore's population.

Majeed also made remarks about police officers being incompetent because of their Malay ethnicity. Malays account for 15 per cent of the country's population. Sirajudeen also made remarks about police officers being incompetent because of their Malay ethnicity.

On Monday, District Judge Salina Ishak said Sirajudeen noted that the racially insensitive remarks were made during the election period and that they could have led to significant uproar. Singapore's general elections were held in July last year. Sirajudeen is currently out on 5,000 Singapore Dollar (USD 3,743) bail. He is expected to surrender himself on February 22 to begin serving his sentence.

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