{"id":22221,"date":"2025-12-22T21:08:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T13:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=22221"},"modified":"2025-12-22T21:08:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T13:08:37","slug":"man-dies-after-woodlands-eatery-scuffle-suspect-faces-charge-of-voluntarily-causing-grievous-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=22221","title":{"rendered":"Man dies after Woodlands eatery scuffle; suspect faces charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE &#8211; A<!-- --> 57-year-old man<!-- --> is slated to be charged on Dec 23 for voluntarily causing grievous hurt after a 73-year-old man died following a scuffle in a foodcourt in Woodlands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The police said they received calls for assistance at about<!-- --> 9.20pm on Dec 21<!-- --> at a<!-- --> foodcourt at Block 768 Woodlands Avenue 6.<!-- --> <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The 73-year-old man<!-- --> was found unconscious<!-- --> at the scene when they arrived, said the police, adding that he was taken to the hospital where he subsequently died.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The suspect was arrested on Dec 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Preliminary investigations found that the victim had got into a dispute with the suspect, which escalated into a scuffle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">If found guilty of voluntarily causing grievous hurt, the suspect may face the<!-- --> maximum jail term of 10 years and a fine or caning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Causing hurt\/Grievous hurt\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Causing hurt\/Grievous hurt<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Assault\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Assault<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Police\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Police<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Woodlands\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Woodlands<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/man-dies-after-woodlands-eatery-scuffle-suspect-to-be-charged-for-voluntarily-causing-grievous-hurt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE &#8211; 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