Ex-actor Huang Yiliang on Roxy Square altercation: Dad ‘overreacted’, but ‘you can’t just go & touch other people’s children’

Former actor Huang Yiliang opined on the recent altercation at Roxy Square coffee shop, asserting that the 73-year-old wanton mee stall owner, Yeo Song Khoon, "overreacted" when he threw the man to the ground after Yeo had patted his daughter's head. Huang, a 64-year-old seafood stall owner himself, understands the discomfort parents feel when strangers touch their children, but he believes the father's response was excessive.

He emphasized that he would not appreciate random strangers touching his own children, echoing the sentiment that people nowadays cannot casually touch others' kids without repercussions. When asked if he would pat a cute child on the head, Huang stated that he would only do so if the child came to him first and his mother gave permission.

The incident, captured on CCTV, involved Yeo patting a young girl on the head before her mother stopped him. Her father then confronted Yeo, causing him to fall to the ground. Despite sustaining a fractured back, Yeo returned to his stall the following day, receiving support from customers who visited to check on him.