Facebook stirs up Asean row: Genocide vs invasion

STATESMEN, no less than ordinary citizens, should be careful about what they post on their Facebook page. A seemingly harmless post by a high government official can stir up animosities that date back even to the Cold War.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has stirred up old sensitivities and acrimony in Indochina and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) because of remarks he wrote on his Facebook page.