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AN ONGOING leadership tussle within opposition political party Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) turned violent on Thursday when the two factions got into a brawl outside its office building in Eunos.
Four men had to be sent to hospital with head and arm injuries, with one of them warded in intensive care with a fractured skull.
Police arrested a total of 21 people, two of them women, for rioting with dangerous weapons in relation to the incident, which happened around noon.
Those arrested, which included the four sent to hospital, were aged between 27 and 69. They were said to have used weapons such as hammers and screwdrivers in the fight.
Anyone convicted of rioting with dangerous weapons can be jailed up to 10 years and caned.
For the last three years, PKMS has been split into two groups which have been at loggerheads with each other.
The police have been called in several times in the past over previous bust-ups involving PKMS leaders. The party's leadership dispute was also brought before the Subordinate Courts.
Madam Lella Mardiiiah Mohamed, who introduced herself as the party's deputy president, said eight members of her team had gone to the PKMS premises on Thursday to change the locks.
She said they had sent an e-mail to the police as well as the current council to inform them of their plans to do so.
Thursday was supposed to be the day the term of the current council, led by president Osman Hassan, ended, she said.
Read the full report in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
AN ONGOING leadership tussle within opposition political party Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) turned violent on Thursday when the two factions got into a brawl outside its office building in Eunos.
Four men had to be sent to hospital with head and arm injuries, with one of them warded in intensive care with a fractured skull.
Police arrested a total of 21 people, two of them women, for rioting with dangerous weapons in relation to the incident, which happened around noon.
Those arrested, which included the four sent to hospital, were aged between 27 and 69. They were said to have used weapons such as hammers and screwdrivers in the fight.
Anyone convicted of rioting with dangerous weapons can be jailed up to 10 years and caned.
For the last three years, PKMS has been split into two groups which have been at loggerheads with each other.
The police have been called in several times in the past over previous bust-ups involving PKMS leaders. The party's leadership dispute was also brought before the Subordinate Courts.
Madam Lella Mardiiiah Mohamed, who introduced herself as the party's deputy president, said eight members of her team had gone to the PKMS premises on Thursday to change the locks.
She said they had sent an e-mail to the police as well as the current council to inform them of their plans to do so.
Thursday was supposed to be the day the term of the current council, led by president Osman Hassan, ended, she said.
Read the full report in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
