What's Up (wrong) with Our "New Generation"?
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KICKED at void deck
PUNCHED at lift landing
DUMPED at bus stop
11 boys arrested for allegedly doing this to Sec 3 schoolmate
By Faith Teo and Tan Mae Lynn
November 04, 2005
THE boy didn't stand a chance.
He was defenceless against 11 of his schoolmates who allegedly ganged up on him.
Paul (not his real name) was allegedly beaten up at the void deck of a block flats near his school, then taken to the fourth storey and allegedly beaten up again.
Finally he was left at a bus stop near his school.
His alleged attackers were all arrested and are now out on police bail.
It is believed that the 15-year-old got into an argument with one of his schoolmates under an HDB block in Choa Chu Kang last Thursday afternoon.
1. Paul allegedly argues with friend at void deck outside school. Peter pushes and kicks him. Other friends allegedly join in.
All of them, including Paul, are Secondary 3 students.
On of the alleged attackers, Peter (not his real name), claimed that Paul behaved strangely and had provoked the group last week by using his camera phone to take pictures of them.
'I didn't know him well, although he was from the same school. But on Thursday, I was outside school after classes and waiting for two friends to go play basketball when I saw him in an argument with my friend.
'I was kaypoh (curious) and just stared at them. Suddenly he scolded me in Hokkien,' Peter alleged, adding that he did not understand what the boy was saying.
Incensed, Peter went up to the boy and pushed him. The boy landed on the floor, and Peter said he then kicked him once.
Some of Peter's friends allegedly joined in, raining blows on the boy. A few then allegedly took him into a lift and continued beating him on the fourth floor.
SEARCHED FLOOR TO FLOOR
2. He is allegedly taken into life to 4th storey to be beaten again. Other boys follow soon after.
'The rest of us didn't know where they were, so we looked for them from floor to floor and found them at the fourth floor,' claimed Peter.
'After that, they took him to a bus stop, and we left.'
A passer-by who saw the victim called the police. By the time police arrived, the group of 11 had left. Police then called for an ambulance.
Paul suffered bruises on his back and cuts on his face.
SCDF spokesman Captain Cera Tan said that when paramedics reached the scene, they found Paul at a bus stop. The boy was conscious, and was treated for a bleeding cut behind his left ear.
Cpt Tan added that Paul refused the paramedic's offer to take him to hospital for further checks.
Based on initial investigations and interviews, police managed to identify the 11 boys who were allegedly involved in the fight.
3. Paul is left at the bus stop, where he sends an SMS to his discipline mistress. He refuses paramedics' offer to go to hospital
By noon the following day, police picked up all 11 suspects, aged 15 to 17, at their school, and took them to Jurong Police Division for questioning.
They were held in custody until 2pm on Saturday, when they were released on bail.
Investigations into the beating are still on, police spokesman Karen Chen said.
The vice-principal of the boys' secondary school said Paul had sent an SMS to the discipline mistress from the bus stop after he was attacked.
By the time she reached the scene, police were already attending to the boy.
The vice-principal said: 'It is something that happened outside of school, although the source of contention may have started within school.'
She added that Paul did not have previous disciplinary problems. But on the day of the fight, he was supposed to have had a counselling session with the discipline mistress over a complaint made about his manner of communicating with others.
DISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS
She did say, however, that some of the alleged attackers have had disciplinary problems before, but declined to reveal the nature of these problems.
'As police investigations are ongoing, we will assist them in whatever way we can. We are also in contact with the parents of all the boys, and will do whatever is necessary and in line with our procedures, through detention and compulsory counselling,' she said.
Under the law, those who are found guilty of gang fights, which can be deemed as rioting, can be jailed up to five years and caned if they are tried as adults.
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Arrests of fighting youths doubled
POLICE nabbed 512 youngsters for rioting last year - up from just 250 in 2001.
In the first half of this year, overall juvenile arrests have gone up to 2,428 with shoplifting and handphone thefts the most worrying trends.
A Subordinate Courts study published recently showed more youngsters are now committing robbery and snatch thefts.
Nearly one in five arrests in such cases in the last two years involved under 21s. Last year, 4,716 people under 21 were arrested, slightly lower than the 4,918 in 2003.
Almost half those arrested were below 16, and about 80 per cent of them were students aged 14 to 15. -
This article was from The New Paper.
I just wonder, what drives teens into robbery, is it the price of ciggarettes?
Why do they resort to violence, aren't schools strict enough?
Why are there progressively more teens going wrong? Is it because more are being brought up by maids?
Why wasn't this such a problem in the 70s, 80s & 90s?
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Is this the shape of our New Generation?
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Family anxious when son doesn't call
Arrested after FIGHT, this boy FORGETS parents' handphone nos
By Faith Teo
November 04, 2005
THE arrests came as a shock to parents of some of the students who were rounded up for beating Paul.
Although all the boys were given a chance to call their parents when they were detained, parents of one of them said they were worried because they did not receive any call from their son.
The boy later told us that he couldn't remember his parents' handphone numbers.
While the parents had been informed by the school's discipline mistress of their son's detention, they did not know where he was being detained, or for how long.
Picture: Chua Puay Hoe
They went to the Neighbourhood Police Centre and were later informed that their son was at Jurong Police Division.
But the police have clarified that the boy made no further efforts to contact his parents.
This is their full reply: On 27 Oct at about 3pm, police were alerted to a case of fighting at Choa Chu Kang. A 15-year-old student had been assaulted by a group of boys and as a result, suffered serious bruising to his back, and also bruising and lacerations on his face.
Based on initial investigations and interviews, the identities of 11 boys were established. They are students of a secondary school in Choa Chu Kang, and are the victim's schoolmates.
At about noon the next day (28 Oct), the 11 boys, aged 15 to 17, were detained by police and brought back to Jurong Police Division for questioning.
Upon reaching the Division, the boys were immediately allowed to make a call to their parents to inform them of the matter. Ten of the boys managed to contact their parents. However, the remaining boy was unable to reach his parents at home or in the office despite being allowed to make calls.
Our officers were informed that he did not know how to contact them otherwise. Although no further request was received from the boy to call his parents thereafter, our officers could have been more helpful to ensure that the parents were contacted.
At about 8pm that night, the parents of said boy enquired with Choa Chu Kang Neighbourhood Police Centre on their son's whereabouts and were referred to Jurong Police Division accordingly.
Our officer then explained to them that their son was believed to be involved in a fight. It was also explained to them that as the matter was still under investigations, we were unable to accede to their request to speak to their son at that point in time.
By 2pm on 29 Oct, the boy and his 10 schoolmates had all been released on bail.
Investigations are ongoing.
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Other teen beatings
Three years ago, a 19-year-old girl was dragged to the top of Punggol Park by five girls aged 12 to 17 and beaten up.
The attackers even lured a group of five boys to join them by promising an R(A) show, and stripped off the victim's blouse and bra in front of the boys.
The attack was 'punishment' because the victim had ratted about one of the group's members for stealing a school bag.
In August this year, two of the girls were sentenced to two years probation, while another two were sentenced to reformative training for an unspecified length of time.
The fifth girl was dealt with separately as she is now only 15.
On an April Fool's Day, a 15-year-old girl was left with 30 bruises and cuts to her head, chest, legs and arms.
She was the victim of a beating by a group of 11 boys and girls, aged between 14 and 17 - because a member of the group found her 'arrogant'.
They beat her for almost an hour, even flinging chairs at her. They also threw water on her, and tried to strip and photograph her with their camera phones.
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Aiyoh so dangerous nowadays the youngsters, must definitely enrol my son for Muay Thai classes at a very young age in the future.
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Yea, and every kid will be skilled in martial arts to settle things themselves is it? Then the cycle of fighting will not cease, isnt it?
Btw, ur name "Spirit of Fire" is from the series "Shaman King" character Asakura Hao's spirit right? -
More Tony Jaas to come in the future!Originally posted by Spirit of Fire:Aiyoh so dangerous nowadays the youngsters, must definitely enrol my son for Muay Thai classes at a very young age in the future.
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too sheltered, too pampered, too self-centred.
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You obviously do not get it, about the actual reason of learning martial arts. It is to strengthen one's physique & endurance. Martial arts should only be used for self-defence, not to fight with others & it is definitely not for show off.Originally posted by abao:Yea, and every kid will be skilled in martial arts to settle things themselves is it? Then the cycle of fighting will not cease, isnt it?
Let me quote an example. We only use the fire-extinguisher when there is a fire. You do not see anyone using the fire-extinguisher for no reason right??? Tio bo???
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The following is a sequence of the progress of self-defense:
>> sticks and stones
>> sharpened stones
>> sharpened stone attached to long stick = spears
>> fire
>> fire applied to wooden club with fibres = flaming club
>> sharpend stone tied to short thin sticks = arrows
>> fire applied to arrows = flaming arrows
Then metals were discovered:
>> small pieces of blades
>> longer pieces of blades with handle = knife
>> yet longer pieces of blades = swords
>> knife attached to length of stick = spear
Then gunpowder was invented: this is when hell began on earth
>> the gun was born
>> small hand gun became rifles
>> rifles became shotguns
>> shotguns became small canons
>> small canons became large canons that can cover a mile range
>> large canons gets integrated into ships
>> all terain steel armored vehicles = tanks
>> advanced canons integrated into tanks that can cover several miles range
>> bullets became bombs
>> bombs became missiles
>> missiles turns into nuclear missiles
Now, we discovered chemicals:
>> chemicals gets integrated into missiles = WMD
>> chemicals gets replaced by bacteria = WMD2
Self defence is only natural. But the moment one person is "mightier" than the other, a sort of Arms Race will start. In the end, PEACE becomes elusive. -
ICBMS--> Airborne Laser and SBL(COIL Space Lasers)
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So sum up your point:Originally posted by ShutterBug:The following is a sequence of the progress of self-defense:
>> sticks and stones
>> sharpened stones
>> sharpened stone attached to long stick = spears
>> fire
>> fire applied to wooden club with fibres = flaming club
>> sharpend stone tied to short thin sticks = arrows
>> fire applied to arrows = flaming arrows
Then metals were discovered:
>> small pieces of blades
>> longer pieces of blades with handle = knife
>> yet longer pieces of blades = swords
>> knife attached to length of stick = spear
Then gunpowder was invented: this is when hell began on earth
>> the gun was born
>> small hand gun became rifles
>> rifles became shotguns
>> shotguns became small canons
>> small canons became large canons that can cover a mile range
>> large canons gets integrated into ships
>> all terain steel armored vehicles = tanks
>> advanced canons integrated into tanks that can cover several miles range
>> bullets became bombs
>> bombs became missiles
>> missiles turns into nuclear missiles
Now, we discovered chemicals:
>> chemicals gets integrated into missiles = WMD
>> chemicals gets replaced by bacteria = WMD2
Self defence is only natural. But the moment one person is "mightier" than the other, a sort of Arms Race will start. In the end, PEACE becomes elusive.
"if you want peace prepare for war"---Vegetius
PS:btw it think you meant 'canon' as in 'cannon'~~~ -
teens are hopeless nowadays
just let them have the death penalty
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I think other countries are more worse
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Ah yes, cannons. Been using too many Canon products..
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Actually, Gang FIghts can be fun. Its after all, free entertainment to watch stupid people beat the crap out of each other.
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tao tia for discipline mistress / masters in schools.
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bad company la..last time me everyday after school go play soccer one..
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i wonder why sg school dun implement the use of taser stun gun....
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300,000 Volt "Security Plus" Stun Gun -
With 15 feet of wire and 50,000 volts at your disposal, an assailant has very little chance of overpowering you as two attached darts shoot out with lightning fast speed and immediately incapacitates the assailant on contact with the body or clothes. -
I suppose you love "Battle Royale"~~~Originally posted by shade343:Actually, Gang FIghts can be fun. Its after all, free entertainment to watch stupid people beat the crap out of each other. -
Good. Charge those boys under rioting and have all of them jailed.
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That's the problem with the liberal attitudes today. Teachers should be given the cane as they did in my time.Originally posted by nanren4ever:too sheltered, too pampered, too self-centred.
These young punks need a good whipping and then send them all into the army. Since they like to fight so much, train them as commando soldiers and sent them on the most dangerous covert ops or as assassins against the likes of Sadam. If they die in the attempt, little is lost. -
The nerd you pick on today will shoot you with his airsoft P226 tommorrow.
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Some of the Pai Kias think beating up people isn't against the law.
They think the are so brave, beat up people.
BUT only defenceless people or smaller sized people.
But when police apear, they flee like rats.
What does this show?
Cowards tryin to be brave?
Nowasays with rap music, gangsta music, all those violent shows, people think it's "cool and good to be bad".