Two men ages 65 and 57 are assisting the police with investigations after they were filmed attacking a woman and hitting her head with a chair at an Ang Mo Kio coffeeshop, according to Shin Min Daily News.
A 68-year-old man was sent to the hospital while a 44-year-old woman, who sustained minor injuries, refused conveyance.
What happened?
A fight broke out at the coffeeshop on 26 February and was filmed by a witness, showing a woman sitting on the floor, about to be hit on the head by a man holding a yellow chair.
She grabbed his clothes before another man in blue stepped in and separated them.
However, the man in blue then started punching the woman, and she tried to retaliate by kicking him, but he held on to her leg.
The man in black, who was holding on to the yellow chair earlier, then rejoined the fight, smashing the chair onto the woman’s head twice.
A few diners nearby then stepped in and stopped him, before the man then walked over and slapped the woman in the face and kicked her chest.
Victim’s POV
Speaking to SMDN, the woman who was assaulted, 44-year-old Mdm Lin, said that she worked as a beer lady at the coffeeshop.
She changed into her home clothes after work and was drinking with her friends, as a group of middle-aged men between 50-60 years old drank at a table next to them.
The group asked Lin and her friends to join them in a peanut betting game, but she declined and moved to another table, while her friends joined the uncles.
Lin then wanted to leave early and go home, asking her friend to stop playing; this made one of the uncles upset and he started hitting her.
Thereafter, another man then joined in the fight.
Injuries everywhere
Lin said that the men then left the scene before the police came and that someone must have called the police for help.
She shared that she didn’t go to the hospital after that, but the pain become too much for her to beat when she went to the police station the next day to lodge a police report.
The police then called an ambulance for her and she was sent to the hospital, where she was found with a broken toe – she also felt pain in her ribs, as well as a black eye and bruises on her head.
She was given 14 days of medical leave and can’t work as a result.
Friend tried to help but got attacked
Lin added that during the assault, a woman wearing a grey shirt and a man donning a helmet had rushed over to stop the attacker who was hitting her head with the chair.
Her 68-year-old friend who tried to help her was also attacked until his nose started bleeding, with his face and eyes injured and had to be sent to the hospital where he remained for 4 days.
The Singapore Police Force confirmed the incident and said they received a call for help on 26 February at about 1am at Block 630 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4.
A 57-year-old and a 65-year-old man are being investigated by the police, with the investigations still ongoing.