A Vietnamese woman who is going to get converted to a Singaporean said that she is upset after she was associated with the infamous KTV sage. She felt that just because she is a Vietnamese woman the Grab driver ask if she works at a KTV.
Here is her story:
Feeling deeply hurt, I decided to share a very bad experience I had yesterday. I booked a ride with Grab from my office to The Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for my renunciation of Vietnamese citizenship. I greeted the driver “hello” when entering the car, and he also greeted me “hello”, which started our conversation.
He asked me: Jolin? Going to Vietnam Embassy is it?
I replied: Yes.
He continued: Are you Vietnamese?
I said: Yes. (Despite the fact that I’m becoming a Singapore citizen, my answer to this question is always yes. There is no reason for me to deny my country of origin) At that moment, I was under the impression that the driver was trying to be nice to be – a client. Besides, I am used to being asked by the drivers where I came from too since I can speak fluently in English and Chinese, another language. And I don’t sound like Local. Then the driver asked a wildly inappropriate question, which I never expected. The question was hurtful to me, which I believe all of the other Vietnamese ladies who are living here will feel the same. Here’s what he asked:
He said: ARE YOU WORKING IN KTV?
I assume he must be supposedly aware of the fact that he picked me up at an office estate, not elsewhere in the middle of the roadside. Moreover, I was wearing formal office wear, not an outing outfit, so I absolutely could not find one reason to sympathize with his question.
Afterwards, inspire of feeling insulted terribly, I still continued my ride and rated him with one star on the app. I already reported this issue to the Grab company later, and I am very appreciative of their immediate excellent response to support me from the Grab team. After all, what happened, I realized I need to be more vocal and now speak up to raise more awareness of this matter to everyone.
This does not just concern me but also the Vietnamese community in Singapore, and other foreigners in general. Please, do not discriminate against immigrants. This is Singapore, a united country with which the KTV club case absolutely does not represent all Vietnamese in this country. It’s terribly wrong, thus no one has the right to ask such an ill-judged question, no matter where she comes from.
Left Photo: Nguyen Thi Ngoc Puh, Right photo: Zhu Wang Qiang (Deceased)
A Vietnamese woman was wounded and arrested after she killed her married boyfriend. The married man was staying together with the Vietnamese woman as a couple before the tragedy happened.
More details have been revealed by Shin Min Daily News, the deceased’s wife accuses that the Vietnamese woman had “stolen” her husband from her about two months ago.
Yesterday it was reported that the murder occurred at Block 562 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 and the murder was committed at about 1 am yesterday.
The deceased 51-year-old Zhu Wang Qiang had a dispute with his 39-year-old Vietnamese girlfriend Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phu due to a relationship issue. The deceased was killed by a knife in the process.
We interviewed a netizen who stays in the vicinity and said that it started from a normal couples quarrel to seeing blood everywhere.
Ron Phua Kuan Haw, 41-years-old, pleaded guilty to 2 counts of harassment and using criminal force on a public servant, as well as a count of mischief.
He had verbally abused police with vulgarities on 2 separate occasions, insulting Malays on one occasion to a female police officer.
He was sentenced to 9 weeks imprisonment on 15 July.
What happened?
Phua was drinking at a bar at Macpherson Mall on 29 November 2019 when he left a bit after midnight.
The owner of the bar found his hat and asked another man to return it to Phua.
Phua was seen at a carpark at around 12.40am hitting a nets machine repeatedly with a book before leaving.
A security guard checked the ATM machine and found that it was damage and had to be replaced in the end.
The police arrived to arrest him but he refused to cooperate.
He used vulgarities on them as they were escorting him to the car.
On a separate occasion, on 21 December at around 1.20am, 2 police officers were patrolling a carpark at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1.
They then spotted Phua sleeping inside his van.
They woke him up and asked for his IC, and while they were recording his particulars, Phua suddenly alighted from the van, standing unsteadily.
The police asked him if he drank alcohol but he ignored her and walked away.
The officers then stopped him and he admitted to drinking some alcohol.
Phua was smoking at the time and blew smoke at one of the police officer’s face, before using his finger to poke her left shoulder and used vulgarities on her.
He then flicked his lit cigarette’s embers at her face as the two officers tried to detain him.
As he was being escorted inside the police car, he made a remark inside the vehicle insulting Malays.
He is due to start his jail sentence on 10 August.
A netizen shared how he told his girlfriend that he was not feeling well and had to stay home. But he went out with his friends to Club Maze to drink with XMMs.Now he received an SMS from MOH telling him to go for a swab test and he is fearing for the worst (from the virus and from his girlfriend).
Here is the story:
“I recently received an SMS from MOH telling me to go for a swab test after I had visited Club Maze a week ago.
The thing is, I told my girlfriend that I was not feeling well that night and couldn’t go out with her, staying at home instead.
But in fact, I was outside drinking with my friends at the club with a few girls that we met there.
I even exchanged numbers with one of the girls and was planning to meet up with her.
Now i received this sms, I am damn stressed.
I also don’t dare to go for the swab test because what if I’m positive? The ambulance will come to my house to pick me up and my gf will confirm know I lied to her.
The photo of the infamous man from Toa Payoh Hawker centre has been circulating on Whatsapp, and who visited a KTV lounge has been allegedly identified by netizens.
The photo in the KTV is believed to be previous encounters at the KTV and the one in the satay shop is a more recent photo.
The hawker stall is located at Blk 75, 5 Lorong Toa Payoh. Stallholders at Toa Payoh Hawker Centre have been served with a 14-day quarantine order since Wednesday (July 14).
A video emerged online showing a driver with a burst car tyre stranded on the road for an hour.
A Foodpanda rider saw what happened and offered to help him.
The driver had wanted to call in professionals to replace his tire but the rider told him there was no need.
The rider stayed with the driver for an hour to help fix his tire and offered to teach him as well.
Here is the story:
“My car tyre bursted along tamp ytd then I was stranded for like an hour then this food panda bro came and offered to help and basically stayed w me for an hour to fix my wheel and said he offer to teach me experience and said he helped many youngsters before.
Really solid guy might wanna give him some shout out.
I called in for the professionals and he just said if he could do it he would rather me save the money. So really nice foodpanda guy haha.”