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Aug 26, 2010
Stallholder threatens rival
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A LONG-STANDING dispute between two rival seafood stallholders ended with one raising a chopper to threaten the other, a court heard. Shortly before brandishing the chopper to threaten the victim, Madam Koh Chiam Kee, on Feb 23, Teo Siang Liang, 49, had taken a few pictures of the 52-year-old's stall at the wet market at Block 448 Clementi Avenue 3.
A Community Court heard that Teo who runs a seafood stall with her husband, Mr Tan You Wha, 56, had a dispute with Madam Koh that morning. They stopped when police intervened. About an hour later, Teo confronted Madam Koh and said she wanted to beat her up. She later entered the victim's stall, picked up a chopper to cause alarm to the victim.
Her husband intervened and stopped her. During a brief struggle, Teo pulled the victim's hair and caused her to trip and fall to the ground. Community Court judge Soh Tze Bian called for a probation report on Oct 25. He also directed the prosecution to find out if Teo's acute stress reaction had any link to her offences.
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