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SINGAPORE: A teenager has been arrested after allegedly assaulting Amos Yee at Suntec City Convention Centre on Saturday (May 9).<\/p>\n
In response to CNA’s queries, police said they received a call for assistance at about 2.15pm.<\/p>\n
“Upon arrival, officers established that a 27-year-old male subject was assaulted by a 18-year-old male subject,” they added.<\/p>\n
“The 27-year-old male subject sustained minor injuries and the 18-year-old male subject was subsequently arrested for causing public nuisance.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n
Videos of the incident, which took place outside the Doujin Market anime convention, showed a cosplayer raining punches, kicks and elbows on Yee as he crouched on the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The pair then back away from each other, before the teen rushed at Yee, tackling him to the ground from behind.<\/p>\n
The altercation ended after a bystander intervened.<\/p>\n
Responding to CNA queries, Doujin Market organisers, Neo Tokyo Project, confirmed Yee had been banned from the event and refused entry after reports of his intention to attend made its visitors feel unsafe.<\/p>\n
They said that the fight was not at the convention, but elsewhere within Suntec City.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do not condone acts of violence at all and think it’s unfortunate that such an altercation happened,\u201d a spokesperson added.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur focus remains on ensuring the safety of our convention visitors and exhibitors, now and in the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an earlier Instagram post, organisers said they had been alerted to Yee\u2019s plans to show up to the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve received lots of reports from the community that a known problematic influencer intends to attend the show. He will not. We’ve cancelled his ticket and are working to ban him from all our shows.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe take the safety of everyone at our convention very seriously … We have a no-tolerance policy for a reason. We’re enforcing it now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Described as Singapore\u2019s premier pop culture creators convention, Doujin Market runs from Saturday to Sunday at Suntec.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n