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Title Man charged with pushing old woman down bus
Orientation SINGAPORE - The man who pushed an old woman down a bus along
Upper Thomson Road has been charged in court.
Twenty-five-year-old Ong Kok Hao is accused of hurting 76-year-old
Hwang Li Lian Nee Lye on bus service number 167 at about 3pm on June 5
this year.
Events Ong is said to have used his right hand to push the old woman on her
back, causing her to fall on the steps of the bus.
The incident was captured in a two-minute video and uploaded on
YouTube. The video shows Ong suddenly flying into a rage at Madam Hwang
for pressing the bell at the last-minute along Upper Thomson Road.
A shouting match then ensued and during the heated spat, Ong
threatened to slap the woman, before pushing her down the bus.
Re-Orientation Ong's lawyer Eddie Koh will be making representations to the court. The
case will next be mentioned in December.
