Cyclist who fought with bus driver in road rage incident serves sentence but appeals
A Singapore cyclist was convicted of affray after a confrontation with a bus driver following a near‑collision, receiving a seven‑day short detention order. He completed the sentence but has filed an appeal against the conviction and sentence. The bus driver also received a seven‑day short detention order after pleading guilty to voluntarily causing hurt.
- ▪The incident occurred on the evening of 25 November 2024 when cyclist Chia Meng Chiang drifted into the lane of bus driver Khong Heng Chuen on Punggol East.
- ▪Chia stopped his bicycle in front of the bus, boarded, and snatched the driver’s phone, leading to a physical altercation in which both parties sustained injuries.
- ▪Both men were sentenced to a seven‑day short detention order, a community sentence that does not create a criminal record, and Chia has appealed the conviction.
- ▪The case was captured by the bus’s in‑vehicle camera system, providing multiple interior and exterior angles of the confrontation.
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