Morning Digest, May 18
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Morning Digest, May 18

Obbana Rajah
By Obbana Rajah
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Mercedes with blaring honk tailgates cyclist hogging middle lane

Photo: YT screengrab/MK Che
“Don’t be a self-entitled person,” wrote a netizen to a cyclist caught on camera taking up the middle lane of Keppel Road, resulting in a frustrated Mercedes driver behind him.
In a turn of events, it appears that the Mercedes driver was the bigger culprit for resorting to road rage behaviour and almost missed the entrance to the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE). Read more here

Man’s head oozing with blood after fight over ATM machine in Geylang, Netizen asks, ‘OMG why so many fights these days?’

Photo: TikTok screengrab/@hasanrakib789

A video of a recent fight over an ATM machine at Geylang went viral on TikTok, but some netizens, citing the number of fights that have been seen on social media, are expressing concerns for their safety.

The TikTok shows a man sitting with blood oozing from his head. Blood can also be seen on the floor around him. Nearby, one man can be seen castigating another man, who is wearing a black sleeveless shirt and who appears to have been involved in the fight.

Read more here

Shopee’s Forrest Li, Singapore’s richest man in 2021, loses US$25billion in tech wipeout

Forrest Li. Photo: Screengrab/sea.com

Last year, Bloomberg Billionaires Index listed Mr Forrest Li as the richest person in Singapore. However, the co-founder of Sea Ltd., a holding company for Shopee, has since lost over 80 per cent of his fortune due to a market crash that caused the world’s 500 richest people to lose over $US1 trillion (SGD1.4 trillion) this year.

At one point, Sea Ltd, SeaMoney, and Garena, were widely perceived to be the most valuable technology company in Southeast Asia, with e-commerce, online gaming and digital payment businesses. The global consumer internet company has 33,000 employees. Mr Li is also the owner of Lion City Sailors FC. And despite his recent losses, his wealth is still considerable. Bloomberg Wealth reported that his net worth is now at US$4.7 billion (SGD6.5 billion) but he is no longer in the world’s top 500 wealthiest. 

Read more here 

VIDEO: Woman ‘chopes’ MBS parking space, knocks on camcar to stop reversing into slot, threatens to call police for ignoring her ‘chope’

Photo: FB screengrab/SG Road Vigilante-SGRV
Although public parking lots operate on a first-come-first-served basis, some individuals feel they can reserve one by using their bodies to chope the space. A woman blocking an available parking space at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) for her husband got into an altercation with an incoming vehicle. She even said she would get the police involved. SG Road Vigilante posted dashcam footage on its YouTube channel of one of the latest parking chope incidents on May 15 at the MBS carpark. A woman in yellow appeared as the cam car approached a seemingly empty parking slot. She took her stance in the middle while the cam car positioned itself to reverse into the slot. Read more here

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