Man who fled to Malaysia after brawl in 2021 handed jail sentence

Marcus Yeo Zhen Wei, a 35-year-old man who fled Singapore to Malaysia in 2021, has been sentenced to two years and three weeks in jail for a brawl that took place five years prior. Yeo initially escaped law enforcement by first traveling to Pulau Ubin, Singapore, before making his way into Malaysia in October 2021. However, he was apprehended there the following year over a drug-related offense.

Yeo was eventually sent back to Singapore in November 2025, where he was subsequently arrested and charged with the 2021 brawl that occurred at a Magazine Road club near Havelock Road. On the night of March 21, 2021, Yeo and three male friends, after consuming alcohol, confronted several patrons at the club, accusing them of staring. The confrontation escalated, resulting in the use of various objects such as glasses, bottles, a baton, and a knife to attack two Vietnamese men leaving the club.

One of Yeo's friends retrieved a baton from a car and returned to the club's entrance, while another armed himself with a knife, leading to the violent altercation. Yeo himself was eventually subdued and arrested on March 26, 2021, and held in custody for six days. Despite his arrest, Yeo managed to flee Singapore illegally, embarking on a journey to Pulau Ubin in October 2021, and then traveling to Malaysia in a boat.

He was subsequently caught in Malaysia for a drug-related offense and returned to Singapore in November 2025.

Yeo's three friends involved in the brawl have already faced their respective court proceedings.