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28 Jan, 2014

Brit stockbroker fired, flees Singapore over “poor people” comments – The Independent

A British businessman who mocked the poor has fled Singapore after receiving death threats and losing his job as a wealth fund manager.

Anton Casey caused an uproar in the country after posting a series of abusive photographs on Facebook where he called a local taxi driver a “retard” and referred to commuters as “the poor”.

The former City stockbroker was last seen on Friday morning boarding a Singapore Airlines flight en route to Perth, Australia, with his wife, a former Miss Singapore and his five-year old son in economy class.

Read the rest: Anton Casey fired and flees Singapore in economy class over “poor people” comments – The Independent.