A man claimed he was spat at when he stopped another man from stealing a queue number at a Burger King outlet in Tengah Community Club on the afternoon of May 28.
Stomper Ng made a police report soon after the incident on the same day.
“I am a victim of an assault,” said the Stomper.
In the police report seen by Stomp, he recounted that he was sitting inside the restaurant at 1.35pm when the man came in with a woman.
“When the Burger King staff member handed out queue numbers, this man refused to return the extra queue card he had secretly stolen from the staff member,” said Mr Ng in the report.
He explained to Stomp that the queue numbers were for free burgers that Burger King was giving out for a promotion that day.
The Stomper continued in the police report: “As I was near him, I told him to return it, but he refused to comply.
“I saw that he was beginning to become aggressive, so I quickly took my handphone to record his behaviour when he suddenly spat at me when he got up to return the extra queue number he had stolen. It was too quick for me to video this action.”
At 1.44pm, Mr Ng called the Bukit Batok Neightbourhood Police Centre.
“However, the guy had already fled the scene,” said the Stomper.
“If this guy had not committed a wrongful act, why did he flee the scene upon hearing me calling the police without even collecting the burger when he had already secured a queue number?”
Three police officers arrived at 2.08pm. One of them told Mr Ng that the woman who came in with the man said the man did not spit at the Stomper.
“Hence, this lady has committed an unlawful act of providing false information to the police,” said Mr Ng in the police report.
After waiting for over a month, he emailed the police to ask about the progress of his case.
“To my horror, the investigation officer gave me a reply that they would not take any action and suggested I take a civil case against the perpetrator despite the incident being a clear case of assault,” Mr Ng told Stomp on July 15.
“Police turned a blind eye to criminal behaviour despite the victim filing a police report.”
In response to a Stomp query, the police confirmed that a report was lodged.
First-time offenders convicted of spitting in public can be fined up to $2,000.
Man says he was spat at in dispute over queue for free burgers
