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Was it a 'Fight Club'?
Cops break up JC fracas
By Liew Hanqing And Veena Bharwani
September 29, 2006
IF you thought fight clubs existed only in movies, think
again.
First brought to the fore by Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in their
1999 film Fight Club, the concept of clubs, formed for members to
fight for fun, appears to have arrived here.
The multi-storey carpark near the school where the fight took
place. A CCTV camera can be seen in the top left of the picture. --
KELVIN CHNG
In May, The New Paper reported two such incidents which were
recorded on video by students from two secondary schools.
They were allegedly involved in a 'fight club' - where students
fought one another for the camera.
In those cases, the fights happened on the school grounds.
Last Tuesday, yet another face-off took place here.
This time, a group of students from Anglo-Chinese Junior College
(ACJC) gathered at the carpark of an HDB estate near the
College.
The New Paper learnt from students at the college that at least 20
to 30 students were at the carpark to witness the fight.
And, despite the school imposing a gag order on staff and students,
a number of students claimed that a 'fight club' exists.
They said that the group consisted mainly of first-year
students.
The New Paper found two blogs written by students which also
mentioned the fight club.
MANY MEMBERS
One first-year student told The New Paper that he had heard from
friends that the club had more than 50 members.
He said: 'Some of them were involved in this fight club probably
because they thought it was fun.
'Most first-year students should have heard about the club's
existence.'
Another first-year student added that the incident occured at a
multi-storey carpark opposite ACJC.
She said that most of the students were there as spectators and did
not actually fight.
Although she wasn't present, she had heard from a friend that there
were both boys and girls at the scene.
'We heard that the students dispersed quickly when the police
arrived,' she said.
When contacted by The New Paper, ACJC principal Kelvyna Chan said
that there is no fight club in the college.
'ISOLATED INCIDENT'
She described the face-off at the carpark as 'an isolated incident
of mischief', and said that the students involved had been
reprimanded and counselled.
The police confirmed that the incident took place on 19 Sep.
A resident contacted them last Tuesday about a fight at the
carpark.
A police spokesman said they received the call at about 4.20pm.
When officers arrived at the scene, they spotted students 'running
into a nearby school'.
The spokesman added that the police had used the carpark's CCTV
cameras to help identify the culprits.
The police have been in contact with the school regarding three
students involved in the fight.
No weapons were used.
