Ha Tinh, wife of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, caused controversy when he shared the caricatures comparing Trump's reaction to protests in the US and Hong Kong.

Ha Tinh, general manager of Singapore investment fund Temasek Holdings, on June 1, posted on the caricature of Singaporean painter Heng Kim Song.

The Global Times newspaper of People's Daily, the Communist Party's mouthpiece, reported on June 2 about Ms. Ha's post, highlighting how the US officials' reaction to the protests was different.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong portal Winandmac Media wrote on Twitter that Ms. Ha "did not understand the nature" of the city's protests and it was "disgraceful to compare Hong Kong with the US".

In a series of tweets over the weekend, Trump called the crowd to protest because George Floyd, a black man murdered by police in the city of Minneapolis, was a "gangster" accusing "organized groups" of being behind.

Last year, Hong Kong also underwent months of protests, initially because of the extradition bill, after which protesters demanded additional demands, including increasing democracy, investigating police use of force, but

The situation in Hong Kong became tense again after Beijing announced a new security law, which prohibited separatist acts, activities, subversion, terrorism, and foreign interference in the special zone, and allowed

Chinese officials ironically criticized the US for "hypocrisy" for the past few days, leading Hong Kong leaders to criticize the US "double standards".