What should I do now? Please help.
Today I went to Suntec mall with my partner (different race), and after lunch, we were planning to do some shopping. While walking near the food court `Big Appetite`, a guy (maybe in his 40s) stopped me from behind and told my foot touched him while he was walking, I apologized by saying sorry and continued walking. He stopped me again and replied, “You better take care in the future, or I will see you”.
I apologized again and minded my own business. To my surprise, instead of leaving us alone, he continued shouting at me from behind. My girlfriend went to him and said sorry it will not happen, but his only target was me. He continued shouting at me and followed me for nearly 200 m inside suntec. Whole time he was shouting racial statements, speaking how one country is good and other is bad.
I already had realized that he don’t want my sorry, he just wants to harass me, so all I did was ignore him and mind my own business. I don’t feel like replying to a mental guy who is ready to fight, so I minded my own business.
I am writing it here to clarify few things and to ask few questions:
1. If you were there and witnessed it, please don’t think that I was wrong, since all I was doing was ignoring him. For me, it was tough to make any decision as first time I faced such racial harassment in Singapore and don’t want to escalate it. Please let me know if you were a witness.
2. Given the incident took place inside Suntec mall, I am pretty sure everything was recorded, is it wise on my side to file a police complaint? I am not sure how it will go but as a foreigner, it can even risk my job. I strongly discourage such incident, and will be glad if it helps a bit to stop racism in Singapore.
3. How the guy was so confident shouting at me in public? What kind of confidence he has that he will be protected, hoping it was not the first time he was harassing someone?
4. If your friends visited Suntec today at around 2-3 pm, please ask them whether they witnessed any such thing.
I always had option to move to other country but chose Singapore because of its cultural integrity and racial harmony. I have many local friends who love me and with whom I spend weekends together playing sports or enjoying dinner. Singapore always felt like a home to me, but today’s incident hit me hard.
Please help.
Thank you