“We smack him on the knuckles with a feather duster, then we put his name all over the internet, then we make him lose his job. When is it enough? Do we stop when he commits suicide?,' said Kethlyn Gayatiri Koh
Ms Koh began by illustrating the mob mentality and stressed the importance of verifying facts before “going on a social media rampage.” She made clear though that she was never impliying that Baey’s story was fabricated, she only warned others against the risk of a “wildfire” that could potentially get out of hand:
Contrary to what most people thought, Ms. Koh commended Baey for her courage in going out in the open and in speaking out. However, she was also extremely disappointed in the manner that people have reacted by shaming Nicholas, saying that his conduct only made it worse for people around him. “We smack him on the knuckles with a feather duster, then we put his name all over the internet, then we make him lose his job. When is it enough? Do we stop when he commits suicide?”
A more significant point which Ms.
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