Foodpanda Rider Seen ‘Dabao-ing’ A Tua Pek Kong Statue From The Altar
Did anyone order a Tua Peh Kong statue?
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The Must Share News Team
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25 Sep 2019, 5:34 pm
Foodpanda Rider Allegedly Takes Tua Pek Kong Statue From Altar
Update (25 Sep, 630pm): Foodpanda has responded to MS News’ query and claims that they are currently investigating the matter.
Food delivery services like Foodpanda are popular among Singaporeans for, as their names suggest, delivering food directly to their customers.
But on Wednesday (25 Sep), CCTV footage of what appears to be a Foodpanda rider allegedly stealing a Tua Pek Kong statue from a loading bay was uploaded on the All Singapore Stuff Facebook group.
You can watch the video in full here:
Foodpanda rider allegedly dabaos Tua Peh Kong statue
According to the video caption, the incident took place last Saturday (21 Sep) at around 3pm at an undisclosed location.
At the start of the video, a man dressed in the familiar pink-grey Foodpanda uniform can be seen fumbling around a delivery bag at what seems like a table meant for offerings.
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5 seconds later, the man turns around and swiftly removes 2 objects from the adjacent altar before placing it in the delivery bag.
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It wasn’t clear what the items that he took are, but the video’s caption suggests that it’s a Tua Pek Kong statue.
For the uninitiated, Tua Pek Kong is commonly referred to as the “God of Prosperity” and is one of the popular pantheons in Southeast Asian folk religions.
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The man spends some time rearranging the items in the bag before zipping it up and carrying it on his back.
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He then hops on his black bicycle and rides away.
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Netizens make hilarious speculations about the act
The hilarious video garnered over 800 shares within just an hour. Many netizens couldn’t help but speculate on why he dabao-ed the Tua Peh Kong statue.
This netizen claims that the Foodpanda rider stole the statue as he needed more luck for his arduous journey.
Another netizen joked that a customer had forgotten the statue and cleverly resorted to using Foodpanda to have it delivered to him or her.
Finally, this netizen couldn’t resist but make a funny pun out of the incident.
Still an incomplete tale
We’ve reached out to Foodpanda for comments on this incident and will update this article when they respond.
As bizarre as this incident may seem, let’s all avoid jumping to conclusions. After all, this video shows an incomplete side of the story and the Foodpanda rider could very well have a legitimate reason for doing what he did.
Featured image adapted from Facebook.
