Ex-bully on why he didn't fight back after being bashed thrice in a day
HE was a bully and even described beating up his victim as 'fun'.
-- Picture: JONATHAN CHOO
But last month, the bully became the bullied.
Shan, 16, (not his real name), claims he was beaten three times by four different boys - all in a day - in a hostel for delinquents.
The hostel is for teens and youth placed on 6 to 12 months probation by the Juvenile and Subordinate Courts.
The incident happened on Shan's second day in the hostel, the primary school dropout said.
The beatings left him with chest pains, multiple bruises on his arms and chest, and a swollen finger, he claimed.
A spokesman from the Ministry of Community and Development and Sports (MCYS), which oversees the hostel, said their investigation showed that the beatings were 'isolated incidents'.
The perpetrators 'have been identified and will be dealt with appropriately', the spokesman said, adding that hostels do not tolerate any bullying among the residents.
She added: 'MCYS and the management of hostels take a serious view of any reported incidents and will conduct a full investigation of the incidents.'
She did not elaborate.
Last year, Shan had beaten up a boy, leaving the victim needing stitches.
He was found guilty of voluntarily causing hurt and sentenced to a nine-month stay at the hostel. He was sentenced by the Subordinate Court.
FIRST BEATING
According to Shan, he and three other boys were cleaning the toilet located at the second floor of the hostel at 8am.
Two of them then began punching him repeatedly, he claimed, while the third boy stood near the door to keep watch.
He kept quiet throughout the beating, Shan claimed.
He told The New Paper: 'I was scared, so I just used my hands to shield as much of my body as possible.'
He claimed the attack was unprovoked.
Shan said after that, the alleged attackers continued their duties 'as if nothing had happened'.
He recounted: 'I was in pain. I felt a bit of difficulty in breathing and the second finger of my left hand was swollen.'
SECOND BEATING
Hours later, when he was in the canteen, Shan claimed that a boy came up to him and said: 'Follow me to the dorm, I want to talk to you.'
This time, he claimed, he was beaten up by another boy who towered over him.
Shan said: 'About six or seven boys who were sitting on their beds looked on as I was being beaten up. They did nothing to stop the beating.'
When asked why he did not try to run away from the attacker, he said: 'I thought they would block my way.'
THIRD BEATING
Shan said he received the third beating when he returned to his room after lunch. He was taking out shampoo from his locker when a boy who was thinner and shorter than him attacked from behind.
Shan said: 'This time (the third time), I couldn't take it. So I ran away from the scene after he gave me three or four punches.'
He said he did not retaliate because of fear of reprisals.
He said: 'My friend from another dorm warned me that if I report them, I will kena (Malay for get it). I was scared of being beaten up again.'
Three days after being sent to the hostel, his father got permission to take Shan home. The father is unemployed. That's when the incident came into the open.
He took Shan to the Alexandra Hospital, where he was given outpatient treatment for two days. The medical report, seen by the New Paper, said Shan had chest wall contusion (bruise).
The father said: 'Even though my son has made a mistake, I don't want him to suffer like this.'
He said he didn't make a police report because 'he didn't want to make the issue big'. He also claimed that he didn't send the boy back to the hostel.
The father then appealed against Shan's sentence, but the Subordinate Court sent him back to the hostel.
When contacted, the director of the hostel declined comment, referring us to MCYS.
On beating up the boy last year, Shan said: 'I regret it.'
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