Facebook user Chu Pi Ka posted a video of a man dressed in monk robes getting into a heated argument at a funeral purportedly with the deceased’s family.
The incident happened on 29 April at a void deck in Delta Avenue, and it all sparked off when the monk asked the deceased’s family if the speaker used during the chanting procession could be shifted into their (the family’s) home, according to Mothership.
The family was not pleased and an argument then ensued with the monk.
The monk was seen in the video arguing with the family, with a man who was outside the camera frame asking him what his problem was.
The monk then replied and asked “why can’t you help to carry this?” as they went back and forth about what the monk said being wrong.
The monk then asked “why can’t I? I am here to help” as he approached the group, and another man then told him not to “do such things” since he’s “old already”.
A physical struggle then ensued before the video cuts off.
The netizen added in his Facebook post that the “gangster monk” allegedly go into a fight with the deceased’s family with his fists and even threw a chair, hitting a woman in the process.
The netizen also claimed that the monk’s friend, who was driving a lorry, came to back him up and arrived at the scene with a stick that was about 4-foot long, but was stopped.
The monk and the driver subsequently left the scene in the driver’s lorry.
Here is what he said
The funeral organiser said that the monk was arranged by the family of the deceased to chant at the funeral because he knew the deceased personally, as well as another family member.
After the incident, he then left before the casket could be brought over to the crematorium, and the organiser had to make last minute arrangements to find a replacement.
The Singapore Buddist Federation also responded to the incident, apologising to the deceased’s family and said that the monk’s behaviour and actions were “not befitting of a monk in Singapore”.
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Source: Facebook