Singaporean influencer Xiaxue under fire for accusing politician of stirring up ‘racist sentiments’ and for her own offensive tweets – but refuses to back down

Xiaxue, real name Wendy Cheng, called out Raeesah Khan in the lead-up to Singapore’s recent general election, angering the online community

Separately, police reports were filed against Xiaxue for now-deleted racially offensive tweets, and an online petition against her has over 23,000 signatures

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Singaporean influencer and blogger Xiaxue, real name Wendy Cheng, has long been known for her political incorrectness and unpopular opinions on social issues and race.

Published: 4:30pm, 13 Jul 2020Updated: 5:37pm, 13 Jul 2020

Singaporean blogger and social media influencer Wendy Cheng – better known by her online handle Xiaxue – is no stranger to controversy thanks to her political incorrectness and unpopular opinions on social issues and race.

But the 36-year-old is now under intense fire for accusing female Singaporean politician Raeesah Khan in an Instagram story of stirring up racist sentiments, while finding herself the subject of police reports and petitions for allegedly racist and seditious social media posts.

The post about Khan, which came in the lead-up to Singapore’s recent general election, angered the online community, many of whom took to social media to express their disdain for Cheng and her provocative posts.

Screengrab of Xiaxue’s Instagram story attacking Workers’ Party candidate Raeesah Khan.

Police are also investigating two reports made against Khan for the social media posts in which she “allegedly commented that Singapore law enforcement authorities discriminated against citizens, and that compared to other groups, rich Chinese and white people were treated differently under the law”.

Social media users encouraged brands to boycott Cheng, backed by the hashtag #PunishXiaxue, which briefly hit No 1 on Twitter in Singapore. Soon after, beauty giant Fresh announced on Instagram that it had ended its partnership with Cheng.