Fracas after schools rugby match : 17yo from SAS arrested

[Vega.]

Apr 23, 2010

FRACAS AFTER SCHOOLS RUGBY MATCH

Teen held over bus-stop assault

Boy, believed to be student, surrendered after call from police

<!-- by line --> By Chan U-Gene

Leonard Wee was punched in the face, sparking an on-pitch free-for-all.

<!-- story content : start --> POLICE have arrested a 17-year-old boy suspected of assaulting an Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) student at a bus stop after the Schools National B Division rugby final last week. It is believed he is a Secondary 4 student from St Andrew's School (SAS). The police succeeded in identifying and tracking him down with the help of a photograph an ACS(I) teacher took of him following the altercation. It is understood the boy surrendered himself on Tuesday at the Tanglin Police Station after receiving a call from the police.

Both schools declined to comment as the police are investigating. The attack on the ACS(I) student and his friend took place at a bus stop near the Old Police Academy, the venue of the April 12 final. They got away from the aggressor by boarding a bus. One of the victims suffered a broken nose and was taken to hospital. The match, which ACS(I) won 8-7, was marred by an ill-tempered end. SAS player Daniel Tan hit ACS(I) opponent Leonard Wee, sparking an on-pitch invasion by students, parents and old boys from both camps.

Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
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[saratogas]

Poor SAS boy, now got police record, for assault! Bright future no more...

Whose fault?

The Schools - for making these boys win (at all course) for their own school's pride n name.

 

[cheekenpie]

Poor SAS boy, now got police record, for assault! Bright future no more...

Whose fault?

The Schools - for making these boys win (at all course) for their own school's pride n name.

hahaha... "SA" and "bright future" dont go together la... hhahahaha

BEST IS YET TO BE!

 

[Spock]

I don't understand this case. I thought it was announced that assaults are non-seizable offences and aggrieved parties are advised to lodge a civil suit? I thought the police will only step in when weapons are involved.

Why are the police wasting taxpayer's dollars investigating a little punch-up like this? There were bigger school gangfights during my time and the police couldn't really be bothered. But then, my school was one of those low class neighbourhood schools.

 

[ahleebabasingaporethief]

Poor SAS boy, now got police record, for assault! Bright future no more...

Whose fault?

The Schools - for making these boys win (at all course) for their own school's pride n name.

17 years old and still in Sec 4. must be a FT child.

Anyway, SCUMS are using these few fights (been happening for decades) to try and control and brainwash the kids and parents.

CAN YOU SINGAPOREANS SEE THROUGH ALL THAT? IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THE MINDS OF PEOPLE again.

Last time school fights all pia chiu one. lead to gang fights also bo tai chee. Nowadays throw 1 punch here and there make big hu ha.

If really a FT child, I GUARANTEE YOU COVER UP FOR SURE.
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[johnny333]

Spore is a very strange place, someone who is assaulted by a gang is told it's a civil case. Yet when school boys are concerned, it becomes a police case

 

[peterpan707]

POLICE have arrested a 17-year-old boy suspected of assaulting an Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) student at a bus stop after the Schools National B Division rugby final last week.

The attack on the ACS(I) student and his friend took place at a bus stop near the Old Police Academy, the venue of the April 12 final.

1 to 1 or 1 to 2 fight?

 

[chobolan]

Rugby teen fined $3,000


Aug 13, 2010
Rugby teen fined $3,000

<!-- by line --> By Khushwant Singh

Chan had been found unsuitable for probation as he had a previous conviction for theft for which he served 15-months probation in 2008. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

THE tension in a keenly contested rugby match between two schools spilled over to its supporters and resulted in Chan Yu Tat punching a pupil from the rival Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) on April 12. Chan, a former student of St Andrew's Secondary School (SAS) and now working as a part-time packer, was on Friday fined $3,000.

He had been found unsuitable for probation as he had a previous conviction for theft for which he served 15-months probation in 2008. He could have been subjected to the tougher reformative training regime but his lawyer Harold Seet Pek Hian convinced the court that Chan should be fined instead. The lawyer said that Chan had been provoked by insults from rival supporters at the bus stop along Thomson Road outside the old Police Academy.

The teen had also acted out of character by punching Keith Chia Ker Ren, 15, in the face and breaking his nose, the lawyer added. In reply, the police prosecutor said that the court should note that the attack occurred after the game and away from the field. A second similar charge against Chan for punching another ACS (I) boy also at the bus stop was taken into consideration by Community Court Judge Ng Peng Hong when passing sentence.

 

[Received_by_Kings]

BEST IS YET TO BE!

Not yet lah. Just be patient and keep waiting.:p:p

 

[1sickpuppy II]

Maybe that ACS chap is a MIWs lap dog son?

 

[Ramseth]

Maybe that ACS chap is a MIWs lap dog son?

That ACS kid is a whimp. Cry father, cry mother after getting beaten up and call teacher, call police. Can't defend himself and still wants to provoke others. The law should provide punishment for people who initiate provocation too. But it's fat hope, most of these idiot whimps are MPs' or rich men's kids.

 

[Alamaking]

LOL, no probation for BusNo64!!!, LOL

 

[Ramseth]

Bus #64? I thought Krafty the one from St. Andrew.

 

[jw5]

The answer to reducing the trouble caused by teenagers is to punish the parents too, perhaps even more harshly than the teenager.
The results will likely be remarkable, with such trouble and crimes committed by teenagers being reduced by at least 50%.

 

[longbow]

Nothing to do with ACS chap being a wimp. I think that ACS chap is the smart one. If he whacked back at most that SA chap got a broken nose which will eaily heal. This way that SA chap is condemned for life with this type of record.

Only the stupid use a fist in anger. And many people ruin their whole lives because they cannot control their anger. And SA chap is EVEN more stupid because he should have know that a student from ACS (I) probably got some gravitas behind him. fast forward 10 years and ACS chap will be working at GIC while this SA chap will be selling handphone covers. That is the price of a stupid punch.

That ACS kid is a whimp. Cry father, cry mother after getting beaten up and call teacher, call police. Can't defend himself and still wants to provoke others. The law should provide punishment for people who initiate provocation too. But it's fat hope, most of these idiot whimps are MPs' or rich men's kids.