2:23 PM
The news article which I read online dated 13 November 2010, was about a 26-year-old woman who was attacked in Yishun. She was enjoying happy hour with two male friends at Ginza Pub in Yishun along Sembawang Road when the unexpected happen.
She was confronted by a group of five women and one men in their late 20s who asked if she belonged to a gang. This group of girls started by saying she look cocky and added on to say that they don’t like the way she look. Before she managed to get back to her seat, this group of women and man came in with glass bottles and knives and started throwing at her. She suffered multiple slashes on her face, arms and legs and was sent to hospital. Her two male friends were also injured while trying to protect her.
After reading this news article and some of the news which I read about previously relating to gang fights, for example, the gang fight at Downtown East, I realized that many teenagers are using violence to solve matters or taking things into their own hands. For example, if the gang sees people whom they are not happy of, they say that they are staring at them, they look cocky and they don’t like the way the person look. Even if the person did not even provoke or even look at them in the first place, the person may have already offended this gang. They are already determined to attack him or her. Then, what are we supposed to do if we see a gang? If we were to look away and pretend that we didn’t see this gang of people, they may also say we look arrogant. So, does this means that if a gang approaches you, you are doom and just prepare yourself by getting attacked soon? Even if you call the police, they might not be able to get here in time and protect you. With all these gang fights and slashing going around, how is Singapore going to be a safe and civilized country? Hence, I feel that not only the police have to enforce a more sever law on this, but also take preventive measures to prevent all these from happening.
