How Bling Empire's Singaporean star Kane Lim faced up to racists

Kane Lim had run up to a gathering of people carrying the Confederate flag and shouted loudly: "The Asians are here."
Kane Lim had run up to a gathering of people carrying the Confederate flag and shouted loudly: "The Asians are here."PHOTO: KANE LIM/INSTAGRAM
  • Updated
    Jan 30, 2021, 12:59 am
  • Published
    Jan 27, 2021, 11:00 am SGT
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SINGAPORE - Reality series Bling Empire's Singaporean star Kane Lim seems fearless and up for anything on the Netflix reality show about ultra-rich Asians living in Los Angeles. But he was not quite prepared for a run-in with racists while filming the series.

The 31-year-old had run up to a gathering of people carrying the Confederate flag, which is associated with white supremacists, and shouted loudly: "The Asians are here."

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