It is 2019.

Gone are the days when you spot a public issue you take offence with, capture it, and submit it to STOMP for a miscellaneous food voucher worth $50.

Today, the people of Singapore take action into their own hands by creating online petitions and getting people to sign them, just to catch the attention of a figure of authority.

A recent petition to ban Nas Daily from setting up camp in Singapore was uploaded by Azman Samsudin online. It sounded too ridiculous to be true, so we tried to find out if he was a brilliant satirist, or if he was just your regular Rachel Chan.

We emailed him 10 questions. Turns out, fact really is stranger than fiction.





Who are you and what do you do?

I am Azman Samsudin, and I’m a freelance singer/songwriter, dancer and part-time bartender.

Do you think that Nas will be banned from Singapore if the petition hits 5,000 signatures?

No, but with enough signatures (for example, a million or so), I believe so that the government of Singapore will have to reconsider the implications of having such individuals into our shores.

What do you think the repercussions will be should the petition not go through?

If an individual with a mass following projects his or her own personal idea, it’s mostly accepted by their followers. Nas was an ex-Muslim and he created his own religion, based on his massive followings. There would be disastrous results if he were to set foot on our shores and impose his ideologies on our youngsters.





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