Man raises chair at uncle before allegedly grabbing his neck, pushing him to ground at Yew Tee food court
A dispute between a long-haired young man and an elderly man at a food court in Yew Tee allegedly escalated into a physical confrontation, with the younger man seen raising a chair before grabbing the other man’s neck and pushing him to the ground.
According to Shin Min Daily News, the incident happened at around 10pm on Aug 22 at the Kopitiam food court on the second floor of Yew Tee Square.
The two men were reportedly arguing in front of a stall selling herbal soup.
A video uploaded to the r/SingaporeRaw subreddit in the early hours of Aug 23 shows the young man, who is wearing a brown top, arguing with the older man, who is dressed in a white top with stripes.
At the start of the video, the elderly man can be heard saying in Hokkien: “Don’t threaten me.” He then tells the younger man to stop looking at him.
“I’m looking at you?” the younger man responds.
The elderly man replies: “You want to call someone? Go call!”
As the pair raise their voices, the older man repeatedly challenges him: “So? What’s wrong with looking at someone?”
“You want me to hit you?” the younger man responds.
He appears to walk away, but the older man then shouts: “I’ll wait for you.”
The younger man then tells other diners nearby in Mandarin: “This person is asking to die.”
After the older man responds with a Hokkien vulgarity, the situation quickly escalates.
The younger man picks up a chair and appears to threaten the elderly man with it.
He then grabs the elderly man by the neck and moves backwards, pushing him to the ground.
The younger man also loses his balance and falls.
The person filming can be heard trying to stop the confrontation, but to no avail. After the elderly man falls, a nearby diner helps him back up and the video ends shortly after.
Netizens make comparisons to Roxy Square incident
After the video was shared online, some netizens made references to a recent incident involving a wanton mee hawker at Roxy Square.
On Aug 15, Bei-Ing Wanton Noodle hawker Yeo Song Khoon was involved in an altercation after he patted a young girl’s head at his stall, reportedly upsetting her parents.
The girl’s father allegedly pulled and threw Yeo to the ground, causing him to suffer a fracture. Yeo’s alleged assailant has since been identified by the police.
One commenter joked: “Wah so who touch whose child?”
Others remarked that the diners nearby appeared relatively calm and did not seem to intervene.
Female employee heard “a bout of arguing”
When Shin Min reporters visited the food court on Aug 23, a female employee at a nearby stall said she had heard “a bout of arguing” at the time.
She later saw medical personnel and several police officers at the scene.
When asked about the identities of the two men and whether they were regular customers, the employee declined to comment.
Staff at other stalls also declined to provide further information.
In response to a Stomp query, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it received a call for assistance at around 10.10pm at Block 624 Choa Chu Kang Street 62.
SCDF conveyed one person to Woodlands Hospital.
Stomp has reached out to the police for more information.
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