By Feng Zengkun
THREE Singaporeans were caught in a terrifying car chase during
an attack by a mob in Johor Baru.
They were pursued for 7km by 15 to 20 people after a dispute at
a carpark, one of the men told The Straits Times yesterday.
The attack continued even when they reached the Malaysian
Customs building, where the mob smashed their car's windows with a
steering lock and ripped its seats.
The men had gone to the ferry terminal at Stulang Laut for
drinks on Sunday. They were leaving the carpark at 3am when the
trouble started.
Mr Shaun Tan, one of the men, said: 'There was only one lane out
of the carpark, so many cars were trying to get into it. Half of
our car was in the lane when a red car beside us started honking at
us.'
Mr Tan, 29, said they were unable to reverse, so they ignored
the red car. Shortly afterwards, a man at the gate of the ferry
terminal tried to stop their car from leaving the compound. 'We
thought it was the police, so we stopped and my friend who was
driving rolled down his window,' he added.
