Two arrested after video of brutal assault goes viral on Facebook; machetes, axe seized by police
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Police were alerted to a social media video showing two men engaging in a transaction before one man rains punches on the other.
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SINGAPORE – A man and a woman have been arrested for their suspected involvement in a case of voluntarily causing grievous hurt and drug consumption.
The police said late on May 7 that they were alerted to a social media post featuring a video showing two men engaging in a transaction.
After a plastic bag with unknown content was handed over, one of the men viciously assaulted the other, the police said.
The video, posted on Facebook on May 6, has since garnered 1.4 million views and around 7,000 shares.
The police said officers from the Central Police Division and Criminal Investigation Department investigated the incident.
With the help of the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and Singapore Prison Service, the victim, the male assailant, 31, and the woman, 35, were identified.
The police said the woman was allegedly responsible for recording the assault.
Officers from the police and CNB conducted a raid at Sengkang West Way and arrested the couple for voluntarily causing grievous hurt with common intention and suspected drug consumption.
The man was arrested for possessing scheduled weapons.
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The man was arrested for possessing scheduled weapons.
Two machetes, an axe, a baseball bat, three mobile phones, cash worth more than $3,000, 14 e-vaporisers and more than 450 vape-related components were also seized.
Fourteen e-vaporisers and more than 450 vape-related components were also seized during the raid.
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In the video, the victim in a yellow shirt hands over a white plastic bag to the man, dressed in a long-sleeved shirt and jeans.
After some money is exchanged between them, the man in the long-sleeved shirt suddenly punches the victim.
He continues to rain punches on him as he falls to the ground, with blood smeared on his face.
“The police and CNB have zero tolerance towards such brazen acts of violence and blatant disregard of the law. We will not hesitate to act against those who do so and will deal with them severely in accordance with the law,” the authorities said.
Those convicted under the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act for importing, distributing, selling or offering for sale e-vaporisers and their components can be fined up to $10,000 and jailed for up to six months, or both, for the first offence.
Repeat offenders can be fined up to $20,000, jailed for up to 12 months, or both.
