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| Pokemon Go: Singapore company sacks Australian for rant | Pokemon Go: Singapore company sacks Australian for rant |
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| An Australian man has been sacked after complaining that the game Pokemon Go is not available in Singapore. | An Australian man has been sacked after complaining that the game Pokemon Go is not available in Singapore. |
| Sonny Truyen's profanity-laden rant on Facebook suggested Singapore was an undesirable place to live due to the unavailability of the smartphone game. | Sonny Truyen's profanity-laden rant on Facebook suggested Singapore was an undesirable place to live due to the unavailability of the smartphone game. |
| Mr Truyen wrote that Singapore was filled with "stupid people" and said the national IQ would fall if he left. | Mr Truyen wrote that Singapore was filled with "stupid people" and said the national IQ would fall if he left. |
| He was sacked after Singaporean web users alerted his employer, real estate website 99.co, to the posts. | |
| Darius Cheng, chief executive of 99.co, apologised for Mr Truyen's comments in a blog post. | |
| What is Pokemon Go? | What is Pokemon Go? |
| Nintendo's shares soar on Pokemon Go's success | Nintendo's shares soar on Pokemon Go's success |
| Pokemon Go player finds dead body | Pokemon Go player finds dead body |
| Pokemon Go's UK launch is "paused" | Pokemon Go's UK launch is "paused" |
| "Sonny, as an SEO specialist, has only started consulting for us for a week before the incident happened," Mr Cheng wrote. | |
| "We are a proud Singaporean company and do not condone such language or behaviour, hence we have since terminated his engagement once the incident came to light." | "We are a proud Singaporean company and do not condone such language or behaviour, hence we have since terminated his engagement once the incident came to light." |
| Large numbers of western expats live in Singapore and Mr Truyen is not the first foreigner to be fired after a social media shaming. | Large numbers of western expats live in Singapore and Mr Truyen is not the first foreigner to be fired after a social media shaming. |
| In 2014, British banker Anton Casey posted a YouTube video complaining about the "stench" of Singapore's public transport system, which he said was full of "poor people". | In 2014, British banker Anton Casey posted a YouTube video complaining about the "stench" of Singapore's public transport system, which he said was full of "poor people". |
| Mr Casey lost his job and was forced to flee the island nation. | Mr Casey lost his job and was forced to flee the island nation. |
| Australian executive Amy Cheong was also sacked and fled Singapore in 2012 after posting racist comments on Facebook after she was kept awake by a wedding being held near her home. | Australian executive Amy Cheong was also sacked and fled Singapore in 2012 after posting racist comments on Facebook after she was kept awake by a wedding being held near her home. |
| Authorities in Singapore are known to take strong action against public comments that are considered to breach standards of decency. | Authorities in Singapore are known to take strong action against public comments that are considered to breach standards of decency. |
| Mr Truyen told Mashable: "It was disappointing the lengths Singaporeans went at to attack me and deny [me] any chance of making amends for my actions." | Mr Truyen told Mashable: "It was disappointing the lengths Singaporeans went at to attack me and deny [me] any chance of making amends for my actions." |
| He has deleted his social media accounts, saying it was a "very big error in judgement to negatively label an entire country over Pokemon." | He has deleted his social media accounts, saying it was a "very big error in judgement to negatively label an entire country over Pokemon." |