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Police called for bus dispute
Lianhe Wanbao - 1 hr 22 mins ago
<cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ms Liu (1st on left) describes to police officers what happened.</cite>
The police was called to investigate a bus dispute this morning.
The dispute was a result of a civic-minded passenger stopping the auntie from eating on the bus.
The incident happened at 7.40am today on bus number 70 as it was travelling on Fernvale Road towards Shenton Way.
An auntie in her 40s seated at the back of the bus had taken out some bread from her bag and was about to eat them when Ms Liu (36, banking industry) stopped her.
Ms Liu's civic consciousness however, was rudely rebuked by the offending auntie.
Ms Liu told reporters, "I saw that she was going to eat some bread so I pointed out the 'No eating on the bus' sign to her and told her that she shouldn't be eating. She reacted by scolding me loudly!"
Undeterred, Ms Liu took out her phone and snapped photos of the auntie eating.
"She snatched my phone and demanded that I delete the photos! I refused and told her that she has no right to do so," said Ms Liu.
The woman then went to the front of the bus and asked the bus driver to call the police.
Thinking that a serious incident had occurred in the bus, the bus driver called the police, stopped the bus at the road side and got all the passengers to alight.
Ms Liu said, "I was going to leave but the woman stopped me and demanded that I stay and wait for the police."
When the other passengers realised that the woman intends to accuse Ms Liu of causing the commotion, several came forward and offered to be witnesses to defend Ms Liu.
While waiting for the police to arrive, the unreasonable woman seemed to change her mind. She admitted her fault and apologised to Ms Liu, then attempted to leave.
By this time however, Ms Liu was not letting the woman off easily. She decided to wait for the police to report the woman for eating on the bus.
Eating on public transport is considered an offence in Singapore and carries a $500 fine.
Source: Lianhe Wanbao, 27 October 2011.
Lianhe Wanbao - 1 hr 22 mins ago
The police was called to investigate a bus dispute this morning.
The dispute was a result of a civic-minded passenger stopping the auntie from eating on the bus.
The incident happened at 7.40am today on bus number 70 as it was travelling on Fernvale Road towards Shenton Way.
An auntie in her 40s seated at the back of the bus had taken out some bread from her bag and was about to eat them when Ms Liu (36, banking industry) stopped her.
Ms Liu's civic consciousness however, was rudely rebuked by the offending auntie.
Ms Liu told reporters, "I saw that she was going to eat some bread so I pointed out the 'No eating on the bus' sign to her and told her that she shouldn't be eating. She reacted by scolding me loudly!"
Undeterred, Ms Liu took out her phone and snapped photos of the auntie eating.
"She snatched my phone and demanded that I delete the photos! I refused and told her that she has no right to do so," said Ms Liu.
The woman then went to the front of the bus and asked the bus driver to call the police.
Thinking that a serious incident had occurred in the bus, the bus driver called the police, stopped the bus at the road side and got all the passengers to alight.
Ms Liu said, "I was going to leave but the woman stopped me and demanded that I stay and wait for the police."
When the other passengers realised that the woman intends to accuse Ms Liu of causing the commotion, several came forward and offered to be witnesses to defend Ms Liu.
While waiting for the police to arrive, the unreasonable woman seemed to change her mind. She admitted her fault and apologised to Ms Liu, then attempted to leave.
By this time however, Ms Liu was not letting the woman off easily. She decided to wait for the police to report the woman for eating on the bus.
Eating on public transport is considered an offence in Singapore and carries a $500 fine.
Source: Lianhe Wanbao, 27 October 2011.
In fact Ms Liu is 36 while the auntie is stated in her 40s, both should be classfied as auntie leh 
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