A video emerged online showing an uncle refusing to wear his mask properly and insulting the other passengers on board the MRT when they asked him to do so.
The entire incident was captured by a netizen named Sakura, who described the details of the incident.
She said:
“June 15, 2021 (Tuesday) – Around 7:53 pm, on the East West Line (EW) MRT heading to the west, a man did not wear his mask properly, and also insulted passengers who reminded him to wear mask.
Tuesday night, on the EW line mrt to the west, starting from Commonwealth/Buona Vista station, I noticed a man wearing a grey shirt and black trousers talked loudly in the train (Door14). He did not wear his mask over his nose and mouth at all times, it covered only his chin. He mocked passengers around as ”Phubber” (Phone + snubber = Phubber) and judged them, loudly. Although there were some passengers reminded him to put on the mask, he turned a deaf ear and still went his own way. I have reached my tolerance limit, so started recording his evil deed from Dover station, which happened to record him humiliating other passengers.
From the 1-minute video, a male passenger reminded him to put on the mask in English, and he responded in Chinese, “What did you say?” After the male passenger kept silent due to the language barrier, he told him “Chinese should speak Mandarin” in a contemptuous tone, and then lowered the mask that he had not worn properly, let him to look at his face, and asked him provocatively whether he is a policeman or police dog. In the end, he even threatened him “want fight?”. The man was obviously making use of the male passenger’s weakness in Chinese to insult him.
The man left Clementi station at about 7:54pm. I complained to the female staff outside Door14 of the incident at about 7.55pm. The female staff said that the man goes in and out of Clementi station every day without wearing mask properly. I also asked her for a proper complaint channel, and decided to report the arrogant man, and will never tolerate the act of humiliating others.”
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Image and video source: Sakura via @wakeupsingapore on IG