A man was recently punched when he defended a wheelchair-bound man from two youths who were picking on him.
The incident occurred outside a fast food restaurant at Woodlands avenue 6, block 768, Woodlands Mart according to Lianhe Wanbao.
The man, Mr Wong, said the incident arose when the wheelchair-bound man attempted to talk sense into one of the two youths, who had prior to the assault, knocked down a counter tag.
This led to one of them hurling explicit comments at the wheelchair-bound man instead, and Wong, upon seeing the situation decided to stand up for the him.
“I told him not to bully the disabled,” said Wong.
Unfortunately, the youth did not take kindly to his words.
“He asked me stay out of their business and even challenged me to a fight,” recounted Wong.
Wong ignored them and left promptly, together with the wheelchair-bound man, but just as he was about to reach his vehicle, he felt a sharp pain on his head.
Apparently, the two had followed him, and the guy who he had told off earlier had allegedly punched him twice on the head,
They had also brought four other companions with them.
According to Wong, the other four companions tried persuading the assailant to stop but he did not budge.
Wong attempted to call the police, but his phone was snatched away by one of the companions.
At this point, the assailant ran off, only to return five minutes later and punch Wong in the face before running off yet again.
In the meantime, Wong prevented his other friends from leaving.
The incident is currently under investigation and Wong has commented that he will definitely pursue the incident.