🗡️ Angry at being called freeloader, man takes swords from Ang Mo Kio flat and challenges colleagues to fight
While having dinner and drinks with colleagues at a coffee shop in Ang Mo Kio, a man was jokingly called a "freeloader". Johnson Ang Wai Ping grew angry and fetched two swords from his flat to challenge them to a fight on May 22, 2025, reported Shin Min Daily News.
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🗡️ Full Details: Angry at being called freeloader, man takes swords from Ang Mo Kio flat and challenges colleagues to fight
Offender: Johnson Ang Wai Ping, 47, Singaporean
Sentencing: Sentenced to 8 months and 3 weeks’ jail on Aug 4, 2026; sentence backdated to Nov 20, 2025, and he has since been released. He pleaded guilty to 5 charges — including possessing an offensive weapon, attempting to voluntarily cause hurt with a weapon, causing hurt by rash act, and using insulting words to a public servant. 10 other charges were taken into consideration during sentencing.
📅 Incident 1: Sword challenge to colleagues (May 22, 2025)
- Setting: Dinner/drinks with two colleagues at a coffee shop at Block 530 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10. Ang had drunk about 10 beers.
- Trigger: His colleagues jokingly called him a "freeloader", which made him furious.
- Action: He went back to his flat, fetched two long swords, then told colleagues to meet him below his block. When they arrived by car around 9:45 pm, he walked over, threw the swords on the ground and told them to each take one — claiming he would fight them bare‑handed.
- Escalation: Colleagues stayed in their vehicles and drove away. Ang used the swords to hit their vehicles and chased them a short distance. Public witnesses called the police.
- Weapons found: Officers discovered he kept 5 swords and 1 katana stored in his Ang Mo Kio flat.
📅 Incident 2: Coffee shop brawl (May 24, 2025)
- Location: Coffee shop at Block 407 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10.
- Rampage: He flipped tables, flung plastic chairs at people. A passing man and a shop assistant who tried to intervene were struck by a chair. He also punched the assistant and the passing man’s father in the face. A third man checking on the dispute was scolded in Hokkien and had a chair thrown at him too.
- Misconduct in custody: While detained at Woodlands Police Division, he insulted two police officers in Malay and Hokkien.
📅 Incident 3: Threatening neighbour’s son (Nov 1, 2025, ~10 am)
- Trigger: He could not sleep due to noise from the neighbouring unit.
- Action: He attempted to attack the neighbour’s son with a metal pole. When the neighbour tried to ask why, Ang threatened to fight him.
- Aftermath: Neighbour said they now avoid each other; installed CCTV cameras at home for safety.
Source: AsiaOne / Shin Min Daily News, published Aug 11, 2026