A woman has accused a bouncer of assaulting her male friend outside a Clarke Quay bar that she frequents — apparently because the bouncer overheard the group discussing plans to move to another club.
Stomper Q and some friends were at Home Dusk, a bar with a live band, celebrating a friend’s birthday on the evening of Aug 14.
“Around midnight (Aug 15), my friend stepped outside near the reception booth (a public area) to chat with a female friend about heading to Zouk later,” Q recounted.
According to Q, a man whom she identified as a bouncer overheard the conversation and “aggressively confronted” her friend, alleging that he was “poaching” customers for other nightlife venues.
“My friend reasonably retorted that as a paying customer, he has every right to invite his friends to other venues,” Q told Stomp.
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However, Q’s friend sensed “increasing aggression” from the bouncer, and attempted to de-escalate the situation. He ignored the bouncer and backed away from his spot.
An ‘unprovoked’ attack
Q alleged that the bouncer charged forward and punched her friend repeatedly without warning.
“While my friend was backing away in shock and trying to defend himself by merely shoving the attacker back, a second unidentified man charged in,” Q recalled.
According to her, the second man shouted in Mandarin: “How dare you hit my brother!”
The bouncer and the second man then allegedly continued their assault on Q’s friend while he was already on the ground.
Q said that her friend’s ordeal only ended when their other friends and some passers-by intervened to hold the two alleged assailants back.
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