'Subway Samurai' detained after scaring passengers

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Updated: 12/16/2013 18:40 | By Channel NewsAsia

'Subway Samurai' detained after scaring passengers

SINGAPORE: A man dressed in what appeared to be samurai garb and carrying a sword apparently caused quite a stir on a Singapore commuter train on Monday afternoon.

Tweets and photos from a commuter on an MRT train sent at about 1pm on Monday showed the heavy-built man on board the train, with other passengers in the carriage leaving him a wide berth.

The tweets said the police and MRT staff were "quite fast" in their response.

In a statement posted on its Facebook page later on Monday, public transport operator SMRT said it was alerted of the incident which took place at 12:30pm.

It said a man dressed in a samurai outfit had jumped the fare gate at Paya Lebar MRT station and brought a samurai sword on board a train.

SMRT said its staff informed the police immediately.

The man was detained at 12.45pm at Bugis MRT station, and the incident is now under police investigation.

SMRT said passenger safety is its priority, and it does not allow weapons to be brought onto its trains. - CNA/gn

 

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This photo sent to us by ST reader Neremiah Kai appears to show the sword-wielding man detained. -- PHOTO: COURTESY OF NEREMIAH KAI


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[lianbeng]

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"OK! Game over liao lah! Go back to your room in IMH to jia yoke lah!" ​

 

[rolleyez]

Sword-wielding 'subway samurai' faces flogging in Singapore

AFP
Tuesday, Dec 17, 2013

SINGAPORE - A subway commuter in Singapore is facing the prospect of five years in jail plus flogging for wielding a sword on board a train while dressed in samurai attire.

Metro operator SMRT said police were called in Monday after a man wielding a samurai sword jumped a fare gate at a suburban station and boarded a train headed towards the city.

A police spokeswoman said he was detained for possession of a weapon, an offence which is punishable by up to five years in jail and a mandatory minimum of six strokes of a cane.

She did not respond to queries about his nationality or age.

Photographs posted on social media by other passengers on the train showed the man wielding the sword while dressed in a white T-shirt and Japanese "hakama" pants usually worn by martial arts practitioners.

He appeared to sport frizzy, shoulder-length hair. "From the waist up he looked like a rocker, but from the waist down, he looked like a samurai," witness Kim Bomhae told the Straits Times newspaper.

The images posted on Facebook and various blogs showed police officers and passengers keeping a wide berth as the man brandished the unsheathed sword on board the trainHe was apprehended by police who tailed him after he alighted at City Hall station at the heart of Singapore's civic district.

The bizarre incident immediately drew online derision. "Seems like a good way to ensure you get your personal space on the train," wrote Ahmad Zhaki Abdullah on the Straits Times' Facebook page.

Congestion on the 150 kilometre-long (93-mile) metro network has fed resentment among Singaporeans in recent years.

 

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'Samurai' man identified; he claims to be a swordsmanship coach

Published on Dec 18, 2013

A screenshot from a cellphone video shows a police officer facing off against a man who wields a samurai sword on board an MRT train on Dec 16, 2013. Police have confirmed that the man arrested for wielding the sword in public is called Peter Chua. -- PHOTO: JULIAN LIM

By Carolyn Khew

The suspect arrested for wielding a samurai sword in public is believed to be a man named Peter Chua.

On Monday, Mr Chua, who was dressed partly like a Japanese martial art exponent, took a samurai sword on board an MRT train before he was arrested at Victoria Street near Bugis station.

A search on Facebook found a user named Peter Chua who identified himself as a professional tattoo artist and a "head martial arts instructor of Japanese swordsmanship" at Iaido Club. He also shared a widely circulated photo of the man armed with a samurai sword on the MRT train, without saying he is the person in the picture. Other users, however, commented on the photo saying that they suspected the man was him.

The case is now being probed under Section 7(1)(a) of the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act. If charged and convicted, he faces a jail term of up to five years and mandatory caning of at least six strokes.

Get the full story from The Straits Times.

 

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[eatshitndie]

he's one of my room mates! on sbf, he goes by the moniker "drifter". :p

 

[tridome]

Why he go berserk?

 

[lianbeng]

Why he go berserk?

lianbeng guessed: boh jia yoke lah!

 

[hokkien]

lianbeng guessed: boh jia yoke lah!

Bro faster give him erimin 5 must be orgin from japan

 

[Gestapo]

12/19/2013 11:15

‘Subway Samurai’ remanded in IMH

The man who was arrested for bringing a samurai sword on board an MRT train has been remanded at the Institute of Mental Health.

SINGAPORE : The man who was arrested for bringing a samurai sword on board an MRT train has been remanded at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH).

39-year-old Peter Chua Teck Choon, who was charged in court on Tuesday for possessing a weapon, faces a jail term of up to five years and at least six strokes of the cane.

On Monday, Chua, who teaches swordfighting at a martial arts school, jumped the fare gate at Paya Lebar MRT station and carried a samurai sword on board the train.

Photographs of Chia wielding the sword while dressed in samurai garb soon went viral on social media.

Chua alighted at City Hall MRT station and was later arrested near Bugis MRT station.

Video of his arrest here:

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[Sinkie]

How can a true samurai loses his sword on the ground? Really molanyong.

 

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Samurai swordsman who threatened officers on MRT train jailed 7 weeks

The Straits Times Wednesday, Jul 16, 2014

The man who got on a bus and MRT train armed with a samurai sword was jailed for seven weeks on Wednesday.

SINGAPORE - Swordsmanship instructor and tattoo artist Peter Chua Teck Choon, 39, admitted to causing hurt, threatening and using force on police officers. Four other charges, including outrage of modesty, were taken into consideration during sentencing.

Get the full story from The Straits Times.

Chua was charged on Dec 17 with having the weapon without a lawful purpose at City Hall MRT station.

The day before, dressed partly like a Japanese martial arts exponent, he had boarded a train carrying the sheathed sword.

A witness, who was standing about 4m away, recalled one of the TransCom officers taking a step towards the man, who then retaliated by pushing the officer in the chest.

TransCom is a unit of the Singapore Police Force specialising in security on public transport.

Chua was later photographed wielding a drawn blade inside a train while the lunchtime crowd on board gave him a wide berth.

He was later arrested along Victoria Street near Bugis MRT station.