Dec 15, 2007
Man punched, slammed by drunk US sailor
COMMUNICATIONS manager K.M. Ho was looking for a parking lot at an
open air carpark beside Wheelock Place on Friday night when someone
suddenly banged on the back of his car.
Puzzled, the 36-year-old got out, only to be punched in the face
and have himself slammed twice onto two cars by an American sailor
reeking of alcohol.
The assault left Mr Ho with a facial wound which needed four
stitches, internal bleeding in his left eye and lacerations on his
nose.
His brand new $500 spectacles were shattered and his SUV had a
10-cm dent on the left from the impact of him being flung onto his
car.
The sailor fled when some passers-by shouted at him. A few of them
gave chase but did not catch him.
One of them, undergraduate Lim Jiaqi, 21, said the sailor had
disturbed others in the carpark minutes before attacking Mr
Ho.
Said Mr Lim: 'The same man had rushed into a woman's car when she
was loading groceries into her trunk. He locked himself in and
refused to get out. Some people at a nearby pub had to drag him out
of the car.'
The sailor was described as big-sized and at least 1.8 metres tall.
He was wearing two layers of loose-fitting T-shirts and
bermudas.
From the description provided, the officers tracked down the man,
who was still in the vicinity, and took him to the police
station.
Mr Ho was taken to the Singapore General Hospital in an
ambulance.
But what happened later got Mr Ho fuming mad.
'I was asked to go to Tanglin police station to identify my
assailant. As soon as I identified the sailor, he was brought away
by the American navy police. He left earlier than me!' he said.
