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SINGAPORE – Three men appeared in district court on Thursday (May 14) for their alleged involvement in a riot in an apartment block in Chinatown on Sunday.
Muhammad Farid Surian and Noor Najat Alwi, who are 20, and Muhammad Roslan Bin Mohamed Rumli, 29, were charged with one count of unrest while armed with deadly weapons.
Farid is said to have participated in the fight while on bail.
Before the incident last weekend, he allegedly entered the College West Institute of Technical Education in Choa Chu Kang Grove around 4 p.m. from May 16 of last year with the intention of committing an assault.
The trio will be sent to the Central Police Division and will return to court on May 21.
A police spokesperson told The Straits Times on Tuesday that according to preliminary investigations, the fight took place after a relationship dispute over a woman.
Police were alerted at around 3.30 am Sunday morning and arrested three people at the scene.
One of them, Muhammad Shazryl Hykel, 19, was wounded and taken to Singapore General Hospital.
Her mother, who just wanted to be known as Mrs. Samantha, told ST on Monday that she was injured in her arms, legs, abdomen and face, but that she was stable.
A video of the early morning incident, which was captured on closed circuit television (CCTV), shows two groups of people fighting along a corridor on the 16th floor of the People’s Park Center apartment block on Upper Cross Street.
The one-minute footage was widely shared on social media and in WhatsApp group chats.
CCTV footage shows Hykel standing with some friends before being attacked by a group of armed men.
Two of his friends fled when Mr. Hykel and another friend were kicked, beaten, and beaten with motorcycle helmets.
Mr. Hykel was also cut by at least three men wielding parangs until he collapsed.
The attackers fled, and one of them dragged a woman with them.
Another CCTV clip later shows them elsewhere before they part.
A post-fight photograph circulating on WhatsApp group chats shows a stunned Mr. Hykel sitting next to a pool of blood.
Nine more people, eight men and one woman, were captured Tuesday after a persecution by officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Police Intelligence Department and the Central Police Division. They are between 18 and 28 years old.
The search continues for two more men who are said to be linked to the fight. They are: Muhammad Syukri Muhammad Iskandar and Muhammad Ilham Noordin.
Anyone with information can call the CID hotline at 6435-0000.
Offenders convicted of rioting with deadly weapons can be jailed for up to 10 years and convicted.
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