2 men arrested after fight at Chinatown, police looking for third person involved
A 37-year-old man hurled vulgarities and threats at the police when they arrived.
Two men were arrested following a fight in Chinatown on the evening of November 7, with the police seeking a third individual involved, according to reports. The incident occurred around midnight at Upper Cross Street when police arrived to find a 37-year-old man, who appeared intoxicated, hurling insults and threats at the officers as they attempted to apprehend him.
A video shared on Facebook allegedly captured the altercation, depicting a man in a grey shirt engaging in a dispute over a plastic stool with another man wearing a brown shirt. The confrontation escalated as the third man, dressed in a blue shirt, intervened by throwing a nearby chair at the brown-shirted individual. Despite the video's content, the man in the grey shirt remained on the ground, still clutching the stool, while the man in the brown shirt continued to brandish the chair aggressively, uttering profanities.
The footage concluded with the combatants shouting and bystanders attempting to intervene. The 37-year-old man was subsequently apprehended for affray, public intoxication, and uttering abusive language towards a public servant. Additionally, a 68-year-old man was also taken into custody for affray. The police are actively searching for the third individual implicated in the incident, and investigations are still underway.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) responded to the scene concurrently with the police and evaluated one person for minor injuries, who opted against hospitalization.
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