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He just wanted to pat the girl’s head because he felt she was cute, which inadvertently caused a now-viral confrontation, the elderly wanton mee hawker said in an interview with 8world on Sunday (Aug 16).<\/p>\n
The video has been viewed over 870,000 times, with over 1,700 comments and 3,000 shares as at Aug 17 afternoon.<\/p>\n
In the Facebook video of the altercation, Yeo Song Khoon, 73, can be seen patting a girl’s head as he makes his way through the tables at Roxy Square coffee shop along 50 East Coast Road.<\/p>\n
But the innocent gesture does not go down well with the kid’s mother who reaches out to stop him. The father, meanwhile, rushes over to confront the senior.<\/p>\n
In a rage, the father can be seen jabbing a finger at Yeo before grabbing him, throwing him to the ground.<\/p>\n
Yeo’s family then helps him back on his feet.<\/p>\n
Speaking with 8world, he shared that he has an injury in his leg which has been hampering his movement.<\/p>\n
“I had to hold on to the tables to walk,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Then I saw the little girl and thought she was very adorable, so I patted her head.<\/p>\n
“Old people like to pat young children’s heads,” he explained.<\/p>\n
He recalled how the girl’s father was displeased with his gesture.<\/p>\n
“He didn’t like it and threw me to the ground, then my son-in-law came over and helped me up.”<\/p>\n
Yeo then shared that he is a well-known figure in the area, having sold noodles for the <\/strong>past 40 years at the same coffee shop.<\/p>\n Reiterating what he told the girl’s father, Yeo said: “I’ve had surgery all over my body and I don’t have the strength to walk, and you pushed me to the floor like that\u2026 don’t you think that’s bad?<\/p>\n “I’m not that kind of person.”<\/p>\n Yeo also told the father that his noodles have origins in the UK, US and Australia.<\/p>\n This prompted a response from the father who claimed: \u201cI\u2019m from Australia also!\u201d<\/p>\n Apologising, the father offered to buy him a cup of tea, which the elderly man declined.<\/p>\n Separately, Yeo said that he started feeling back pain about two hours after the incident and is taking painkillers for it.<\/p>\n His family said in an Instagram Story on Aug 17 that he has gone to hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n Yeo said the public should let the father off.<\/p>\n “I don’t really mind,” the elderly man was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n He may have forgiven the man, netizens have not.<\/p>\n “Regardless of whether the victim chooses to forgive the man, an appropriate consequence is necessary,” said a user.<\/p>\n “(This is) not for revenge, but to uphold the law and maintain public confidence, to send a clear message that losing one’s temper is never an excuse for violating the safety and peace.”<\/p>\n AsiaOne has reached out to Bei-Ing Wanton Noodle for more information.<\/p>\n [[nid:742751]]<\/p>\n khooyihang@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He just wanted to pat the girl’s head because he felt she was cute, which inadvertently caused a now-viral confrontation, the elderly wanton mee hawker…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}‘I\u2019m from Australia’<\/h2>\n
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