By Khushwant Singh
ANGRY that a motorist had honked at him, Li Guoshing, 24,
blocked and kicked the vehicle. He and 10 friends later attacked
the motorist.
On Thursday, Li pleaded guilty to both offences and was jailed
six months for being a member of an unlawful assembly that attacked
Mr Eric Lee Shi Da. For kicking the car, he was fined $2,000 and
ordered to pay $700 to compensate for the damage he caused.
Mr Lee, 28, was driving with a friend, when a group of men
dashed across the road in front of Club Sabai Sabai at Shenton Way.
Mr Lee had to brake abruptly and sounded his horn. Li walked up to
the front of the car and hurled obscenities at the two occupants.
When Mr Lee refused his challenge to come out, Li kicked the front
of the car.
After Li moved away, Mr Lee drove to a nearby car park and
discovered that the front body kit along the bumper of his car was
broken. He and his friend then returned to the area outside Club
Sabai Sabai. As he was trying to settle the matter with Li, Mr Lee
received a blow on his back and fell. Li and his group then punched
and kicked him repeatedly, only stopping when the club's security
officers intervened.
He was later treated at the Singapore General Hospital for
bruises on the head, neck and arm.
A third charge of behaving in a riotous manner by repeatedly
charging at a patron with a bottle in Club Sabai Sabai was taken
into consideration by District Judge Lee Poh Choo when passing
sentence. Two of Li's accomplices - Chang Pui See, 30, and Allan
Low Seng Yoong, 35, have been charged but not dealt with.