Two men arrested for fighting in MRT

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Updated: 01/21/2014 14:52 | By Channel NewsAsia

Two men arrested for fighting in MRT

SINGAPORE: Police have arrested two men, aged 40 and 50, for fighting with each other in an MRT train travelling between Khatib and Yio Chu Kang MRT stations.

The fight was caught in a video that went viral.

On January 11 at about 11.55pm, police were alerted by a call from staff in a MRT station that two men were fighting in an MRT train carriage.

When officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division arrived, both men had already left.

Police investigated and identified both men.

The two men were arrested on Monday in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9.

The pair will be charged in court on Wednesday with affray.

If convicted, they can be jailed up to a year and fined S$5,000.

Commander of Ang Mo Kio Police Division, Assistant Commissioner Keok Tong San, said that the police will not hesitate to track down and prosecute those who disturb public peace by committing such senseless acts of violence. - CNA/nd

 

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Updated: 01/22/2014 11:37 | By Channel NewsAsia

MRT brawlers in viral video charged

SINGAPORE: Two men who were filmed fighting on an MRT train travelling between Khatib and Yio Chu Kang were on Wednesday charged with affray.

Under the Penal Code, where two or more persons disturb the public peace by fighting in a public place, they are said to “commit an affray”.

Teng Kok Yong, 40, and Ng Cheng Kiat, 50, are accused of committing the offence on January 11.

Teng's case will be mentioned again on February 19.

Ng's case will be heard again on January 29.

Both men are out on bail.

When they left the court, they were each accompanied by a woman.

The video of them fighting, which was taken on January 11, went viral on social media.

If guilty, each man faces a maximum penalty of a year's jail and a S$5,000 fine. - CNA/nd/sf