In one of the most Singaporean-like behavior ever, an elderly man was so pissed off at having to pay more for extra ingredients in his noodles that he vandalized the vehicle of the noodle stall owner.
According to a TODAY report, 65-year-old Ee Tian Chon scratched the car six times over the course of a month — a fact that he confessed to yesterday in court. Between Jan. 4 and Feb. 8 last year, Soh Kim Yew’s silver Nissan Latio was defaced with scratch marks varying from 10 cm to 70 cm.
The 48-year-old noodle stall owner at Blk 437 Fernvale Road’s Kopitiam food court had to fork out S$2,400 to repaint his vehicle. A steep price, compared to the extra cost for a few more ingredients Ee had to pay for a hearty noodle dish.
Court documents showed that Ee had a habit of blemishing cars, according to TODAY. Five other cars, mostly parked near his home, were also scratched between Jan. 19 and Feb. 26 last year.
Another instance on Apr. 9, 2016, saw him throwing a beer glass bottle from the window of his Tampines flat, denting a BMW car parked on the ground floor. The man admitted that he was accustomed to hurling things out his window due to frustration with his problems. The repair cost of the damaged BMW amounted to over S$10,000.
Ee was eventually caught after he was identified through dash cam footage of one of the cars he scratched.
In total, he pleaded guilty to six charges of scratching vehicles and another charge for throwing the beer bottle out his window. He could be jailed for up to a year and/or fined for acts of mischief on the cars, on top of another six months in jail and/or a S$2,500 fine for endangering the safety of others through killer litter.
