An uncle got upset with a younger man whose mask was pulled down on the MRT, which caused a confrontation between them. One of the younger men involved ended up asking the uncle if he wanted to step outside for a fight.
A video of at least one part of the fight was caught on camera and posted on the @adminsgfollowsalll Instagram page.
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The poster wrote that they had entered the MRT at Caldecott TEL towards Woodlands when the tussle began.
An uncle suddenly stood and said “EXCUSE ME.”
He followed this up by saying “OI,OI OI” and walking toward a younger man whose mask was pulled down.
Another man in a yellow shirt, presumably a friend of the man with the mask pulled down, began to ask the uncle what his problem was and even pointed his middle finger at him.
“And than (sic) the old guy told him to pull his mask up to cover the nose level as he only covered his mouth, den the old guy kept going towards the guy so i think the guy in yellow pushed him back ( i am not that sure who rlly touched who first ) den they proceeded to throw punches and they push here push there den hit the uncle fall towards us,” the poster added.
After the uncle hit them while he was falling, the poster started to record the fight on video.
And after that first confrontation, some people intervened and tried to calm everyone down “as it was getting out of hand.”
When things had settled and people took their seats again, the man who had had his mask down finally pulled it up.
However, he pulled it down again, which upset the older man once more.
The uncle shouted at the younger man to pull his mask up, which led to another confrontation between them.
Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed and no more fighting occurred.
However, at one point, the young man in yellow asked the uncle, “ey u wan go out the mrt now to settle outside?”
The poster added, “The young guy alighted at bright hill and before leaving, the yellow guy went towards the uncle and said ‘Look at your eye, Look at your eye, next time don’t know how to fight, dont pick a fight,’”.
This made the older man angry again, and he shouted vulgarities until the train left the station.
Earlier this week, MTF co-chair Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced that from Aug 29 onward, indoor masking will only be required in healthcare settings and public transport.
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