Police report lodged after elderly man shoved to ground in dispute over patting girl's head
After publishing: 1 headline quietly rewritten1 change
- Channel News Asiaseen 24 Aug, 03:14headline rewritten
Commentary: Roxy Square shoving incident - how would I react if a stranger patted my child on the head?Commentary: Don’t settle for easy explanations after a pat on a child’s head turns into shoving incident
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How it spread - 16 original reports
Sun, 16 August 2026
2 reports- Channel News Asia07:22first to report
The incident, which was captured on CCTV, took place at a food court in Roxy Square mall along East Coast Road.
- Channel News Asia07:22
The incident, which was captured on CCTV, took place at a food court in Roxy Square mall along East Coast Road.
Mon, 17 August 2026
3 reports- Index.hr (Croatia)04:18
SNIMKA nadzorne kamere incidenta, koji se dogodio u subotu, proširila se društvenim mrežama i izazvala brojne reakcije.
- South China Morning Post06:30
A simple pat on a child’s head has sparked debate in Singapore after an elderly man was shoved to the ground by a girl’s father. Police said on Sunday they had identified a 40-year-old man in connection with the incident at a food court on Saturday afternoon, CNA reported. “Members of the public are advised not to speculate on the incident or its circumstances, and to allow the police to conduct investigations and establish the facts of the case,” they told the broadcaster. The incident on...
- Telegram.hr (Croatia)08:43
Snimka iz Singapura je postala viralna, a mnogi osuđuju nasilnu reakciju mlađeg muškarca
Tue, 18 August 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia09:00
The man had also abused his elder daughter by leaving the girl outside and depriving her of milk.
Fri, 21 August 2026
4 reports- Channel News Asia07:04
The 31-year-old man beat his youngest victim with a hanger more than 600 times, forced him to hold a push-up position for hours and made him sleep in the toilet and drink his own urine.
- Channel News Asia09:05
Mr Yeo Song Khoon is mostly seated at his stall but occasionally walks unsteadily to the back of the shop. His family previously told the media that Mr Yeo has had difficulty walking for years.
- South China Morning Post12:29
A man was sentenced to nine years and 10 months’ jail, and eight strokes of the cane on Friday for abusing multiple young boys who were under his care. The man beat his youngest victim – a six-year-old boy – with a hanger more than 600 times, forced him to hold a push-up position for hours, and made him sleep in the toilet and drink his own urine. The boy suffered severe injuries as a result, including to his ribs, lungs and kidneys, and was hospitalised for 46 days. The 31-year-old...
- Channel News Asia22:00edited after publishing
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Commentary: Roxy Square shoving incident - how would I react if a stranger patted my child on the head?Children need to know their boundaries matter, but violence is not the lesson we want to teach, says CNA's Charlene Tan.
Mon, 24 August 2026
1 report- asiaone.com04:59
What's your take on the recent Roxy Square incident?Well, actor-turned-hawker and father of two children Huang Yiliang has weighed in on the altercation, which happened at Bei-ing Wanton Noodle's Roxy Square outlet on Aug 15.The incident involved the stall's 73-year-old owner Yeo Song Khoon, who patted a child on the head, leading to a confrontation with her father where the...
Thu, 27 August 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia05:45
The offender's father and the deceased had a history of altercations and had each received warnings from the police for their behaviour.
Mon, 31 August 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia06:53
Thinking that the boy was smirking at him, the 43-year-old man, who practises the martial art form of silat, struck the boy in the face and kicked and pushed him until he fell.
Tue, 1 September 2026
2 reports- Channel News Asia05:35Man gets jail, caning for raping stepdaughter; victim not believed by family, placed in welfare home
The abuse began when the victim was 16 and continued for about nine months before she confided in her boyfriend.
- thestar.com.my14:24
SINGAPORE: Four men were charged with molestation on Tuesday (Sept 1), including a 77-year-old accused of targeting a 16-year-old girl who has global developmental delay and severe intellectual disability.
Fri, 4 September 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia10:15
Maria Inggrid Seran’s 69-year-old victim was non-communicative and relied primarily on the maid for care.