Published on Mar 27, 2014
9:56 PM
By Sujin Thomas
A total of 35 South Asian men have been arrested
after a fight broke out at a dormitory along Kaki Bukit Avenue 3 on
Tuesday night.
The police said in a statement on Thursday that the fight, which
was between two groups of dormitory residents, took place during
the screening of a live cricket match.
Officers from the Bedok Police Division, Special Operations
Command and Police Dog Unit responded to the incident and the
situation was quickly contained, said the statement. The police
arrested 13 suspects in connection to the riot on the same day,
while another 22 suspects were nabbed on Wednesday and
Thursday.
If convicted of rioting, suspects could face up to seven years
in jail. If convicted of affray, suspects could be jailed for up to
a year or fined up to $5,000, or both.
- ST
