Singapore: Meat which "appears to be pork" has been found in a parcel sent to a Singapore mosque, Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said, adding that the act was like "playing with fire" in a multi-ethnic community.

This is not an isolated incident. There have been "other similar cases" of meat being sent to other mosques recently, which police are investigating, the Channel News Asia quoted the minister as saying on Thursday.

Shanmugam, also the Coordinating Minister for National Security, said the suspicious parcel sent to Al-Istiqamah Mosque in Serangoon housing precinct contained a piece of meat that "appears to be pork" at first sight.

"But if it is pork and it's sent to a mosque, you can see the implications. It's much worse," said Shanmugam. "Whatever the motive, this is playing

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