Chairs used as weapons in violent Chinatown brawl; 2 arrested, police seek third man

A video circulating on social media allegedly has captured a brawl involving three men outside a coffee shop in Chinatown in the early hours of Saturday (Nov 7).The footage shows three men fighting below a HDB block, with two of them wielding plastic chairs and stools. The third man attempts to grab one of the stools but is dragged to the ground.A man wearing a patterned shirt is seen shouting and hurling vulgarities during the altercation.A motorist stops his vehicle and approaches the men in an attempt to break up the fight, while a woman also rushes over to intervene. However, she is thrown aside as she tries to pull a plastic stool away from the man in the patterned shirt.Another man wearing a blue shirt is then seen continuing to swing a plastic chair at the man in the patterned shirt, prompting members of the public to step in and restrain him.Fights not uncommon in that area8world spoke to coffee shop staff and patrons, who said fights occasionally break out in the area. One staff member also said plastic chairs placed outside the premises sometimes go missing.