An Indian woman who wasn’t wearing her mask properly while briskly making her way to work during Covid-19 was verbally insulted and kicked in the chest by a Singaporean guy of Chinese descent, who was also found guilty. In May 2021, Wong Xing Fong, 32, attacked Madam Hindocha Nita Vishnubhai, 57, in the vicinity of the Northvale apartment complex in Choa Chu Kang.
Wong, who was found guilty on Tuesday, is scheduled to be punished on July 31 for assaulting Vishnubhai by kicking her in the chest and hurting her sentiments, according to The Straits Times newspaper. Vishnubhai testified that while wearing her mask down and briskly walked towards Choa Chu Kang stadium, where she worked at a fast-food restaurant, she heard yelling.
She turned around and spotted Wong with Chua Yun Han, his fiancée. They instructed her to cover up even though she didn’t know the pair. One activity that was excluded from wearing a mask over the mouth and nose was brisk walking.
According to the prosecution, Vishnubhai explained to the couple that she was briskly walking and made gestures to show that she was working out and perspiring while doing so. The accuser berated (and verbally humiliated) the complainant. The complainant responded, “God bless you,” to defuse the situation, the prosecution continued.
However, the accuser kicked the complainant in the chest region. The two of them then started to run away. According to Vishnubhai’s testimony, an onlooker assisted her in standing up and dressed a gash on her left forearm with plaster. That night, she made a police report.
According to the prosecution, the eyewitness, who had no connection to either party, claimed to have witnessed a guy kicking the woman. The prosecution defended Vishnubhai as a trustworthy witness and asserted that it is preposterous to infer that the complainant mysteriously fabricated the accused, a stranger.
Vishnubhai, according to Wong, was rude and belligerent and yelled insults at him. She allegedly spat at him and his fiancée, and he pushed the victim in response. He acknowledged using vulgarities, but he refuted accusations that they were racist slurs.
However, the prosecution said that Wong and his fiancée’s actions fatally refuted any claim that Vishnubhai spat on him.
