The feature article of an online magazine in Hong Kong that called the Phlippines “a nation of servants” and criticized the country’s pursuit of its claim to the Spratly islands has been pulled down as of Monday afternoon.

Around 4 pm, the Philippine Daily Inquirer checked the March 27 article entitled “The War At Home” by columnist Chip Tsao and found its URL or Web address no longer active, with the reader directed to the main Features page. No explanation was provided by the publisher.

A check made on the site around 2 p.m. showed that the article generated at least four pages of comments from readers, mostly denouncing Tsao for being racist and insulting to Filipino domestics, with a few defending him and saying that the article was a satire and should be taken tongue-in-cheek.

Migrant and labor groups, politicians and other organizations have demanded that Tsao and the magazine’s publisher and editors publicly apologize for the article. Some even wanted to declare him persona non grata in the Philippines.

[ Source Inquirer.net ]