Posted on 04/18/2021 11:14:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A man was caught on camera punching a taxi driver and causing him to fall onto the ground during a dispute in Clarke Quay on Wednesday night (April 14).
Stomp contributor Anonymous witnessed the incident that occurred at a taxi stand along River Valley Road at around 10.36pm, and shared a video with Stomp.
She recounted: "The youth was provoking the cabby. He was shouting out loud and punching the taxi mirror.
"When the cabby rolled down the taxi window, the youth reached in and hit him.
"He then shouted at the cabby, 'Not happy come down one on one!' before walking off.
"But a few seconds later, the cabby came out of his taxi and the youth ran towards him as seen in the video. The youth threw the first punch and the cabby fell to the floor."
In the video, vulgarities can be heard as the youth runs towards the cabby and swings a punch at him, causing him to fall onto the ground.
A long-haired woman in black can be seen rushing forward and putting her hand out to stop the youth.
The cabby then picks himself up and the youth tries to kick him, but misses.
Another woman can be heard shouting a string of Hokkien and English vulgarities that appear to be directed at the youth.
Anonymous said: "I'm not sure what the dispute was about, but I think the taxi driver called the police because he remained at the scene. The security guard also came out. I left first as my ride had arrived."
In response to a Stomp query, the police confirm a report was lodged and investigations are ongoing.
She’s also a looker from what I can tell
I know you don't think anything of it, you being oriented toward that part of the world, but that could be mentioned up front.
I put it in the keywords. Why didn’t you look there?
Anti-Asian violence. Wait, what?
Those kicks were fast as lightning.
Across the street from where I used to work. Near the entrance of Clarke Quay MRT and bar area. Looks right outside of The Central Mall. Lots of alcohol-fueled tom-foolery goes on there almost every weekend.
Great place to pick-up women (or to get into fights)
It was a little bit frightening. Quite brave of that young lady to jump in to stop things.
Should be mentioned in the title. I almost never look at the keywords.
“Another woman can be heard shouting a string of Hokkien and English vulgarities...”
Per wiki...”Hokkien is reportedly the native language of up to 80% of the Chinese people in the Philippines, among which is known locally as Lan-nang or Lán-lâng-oē (”Our people’s language”). Hokkien speakers form the largest group of overseas Chinese in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines.”
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