Aaron Tan posted
a video of him making threats to a 14-year-old for supposedly
making advances on his ex-girlfriend. (YouTube screengrab)
A YouTube video of an 18-year-old
Singaporean threatening a 14-year-old boy for supposedly making
advances on the older teen’s ex-girlfriend is making waves
online.
During a 10-minute video that appears to have been shot in his
bedroom, Aaron Tan says he wants to meet and beat up 14-year-old
“Ryanzxc Gobangwall” for hitting on his former girlfriend called
“Nina Wantyouonly”. (The names reflect the teens’ Facebook
accounts. It has become a common trend for young Singaporeans to
add handle extensions to their names.)
"I won't let you off unless you go to my Facebook and apologise to
me on my profile,” Tan says in Mandarin in the video.
You can watch Tan’s video here but be warned, it’s laced with
Chinese, Hokkien and English swear words.
In a post she made on her Facebook wall, Nina Wantyouonly explains
that she and Aaron had been together for over seven months but that
their relationship had been rocky due to his “attitude” and
“childishness”. She claims to have faked a relationship with
Ryanzxc so that Aaron would stop pursuing her.
Earlier on, it was also reported by citizen journalism portal STOMP
that Tan had offered anyone with information on his love rival $100
so he could confront him.
The story of teenage love and angst has apparently turned
viral with thousands sharing it on Facebook and Twitter. Many
users lamented the teen’s behaviour.
On Twitter, @cchockolate said, “The #AaronTan saga just
reemphasised how ah bengs like him live in their own worlds
thinking it's cool to be uneducated gangsters. Sad."
Twitter user Dee Kosh noted, “Aaron Tan's purpose for his video was
not wrong - he was letting out a frustration - but the way he said
it was the issue.”
FlareonRRRAGE Klinsen Soh on Facebook decried the attacks on Tan.
“To everyone attacking Aaron Tan : Crawl out of your caves. He
isn't the only moron out there and certainly not the last you'll
see. Wake up,” the user said.
Meanwhile, an Aaron Tan ringtone has been put together and a
Facebook page has been set up in his honour.
The video by Tan, who has been called a “wannabe gangsta” by
Singapore blogger mrbrown, has already spawned a
parody.
Another teen, who goes by the handle of DarkwinteR11, posted this
parody in reply to “brudder” Aaron Tan’s threats.
