Brit expat Anton Casey flees to Perth after threats for mocking 'poor people' on Facebook Anton Casey with his wife, former Miss Universe Singapore Bernice Wong, has been forced to apologise after disparaging remakrs about "poor people" on public transport. Source: Supplied/Facebook Source: Supplied A BRITISH wealth fund manager has sought refuge in Perth after receiving death threats in Singapore for apparently mocking "poor people" on Facebook. Anton Casey reportedly fled to Perth on Friday with his wife, a former Miss Singapore, and young son after his remarks provoked a social media storm this week. It erupted when the 39-year-old posted a photograph on his personal Facebook account of his son sitting on a train with the caption: "Daddy where is your car & who are all these poor people?" A second photograph showing his convertible Porsche said: "Ahhhhhh reunited with my baby. Normal service can resume, once I have washed the stench of public transport off me FFS! A popular abbreviation of For F---'s Sake. One of Anton Casey's offensive posts. A post from last year in which he said a cabbie deserved a "retard award" for wearing arm warmers, mittens and a towel even though it was 37C outside also emerged. Screengrabs of Mr Casey's posts went viral online on Monday after they appeared on several Singaporean websites, prompting a torrent of abuse and making international headlines. The expat issued an apology "to the people of Singapore" on Wednesday as even the country's Law and Foreign Affairs Minister weighed into the controversy, describing the remarks as "deeply offensive, wrong, and unacceptable." Mr Casey said his family had suffered "extreme emotional and verbal abuse online" due to his "misguided attempt at humour" and a security breach on his Facebook page. He said a YouTube video which was misunderstood to be a dismissive reaction to the furore was made weeks ago and was not a response to the recent events. Singapore's national newspaper, The Straits Times, yesterday reported Mr Casey had fled to Perth with his wife, Bernice Wong, and son on Friday. In an email to the newspaper, Mr Casey said: "I hope the people of Singapore will allow me to volunteer my time and resources to community projects in order to make amends. I also hope the people of Singapore, my adopted home, will forgive me. On Friday night his firm, Crossinvest Asia, said on its Facebook page that it had parted ways with Mr Casey "with immediate effect." In a post "liked" more than 800 times, the wealth fund management firm said it was "deeply concerned" by the comments which had "caused great distress among Singaporeans." "Those comments go against our core corporate and family values that are based on trust, mutual understanding and are respectful of diversity," the statement said. Crossinvest Asia is a family business which has been built here in Singapore. The online comments made by Mr. Casey do not represent the culture that we have built over many years.