Muhammad Hanafie aka Elfy, our hero

This young man of medium built, only 25, stood up to a bully more than double his heft, to defend another smaller young man who was being bullied and threatened with violence. The sin of the younger man was to wear a loud T shirt with the words, ‘I’m F—king Special’.  I did not see anything wrong about that except for the prudes and the priests. This is nothing to a westerner, and that bully is a westerner. For westerners, saying fuck in every sentence even in the corporate office is normal. Now what is so fucking unacceptable about the young man’s T shirt that gave this big bully the right to threaten to beat him and to throw him out of the train? The one that needs to be thrown out of the train is the big animal! And he was shouting and cursing at the young man all the while until our hero stood up to stop him.

When I read that both were let away by the Police, I shared the concern of many netizens that our hero might suffer the injustice of being rude to a foreigner instead.  Thankfully it is reported in today’s ST that Elfy was invited by Shanmugam at a ceremony for his bravery. I can now breathe a sigh of relief knowing that it ends well for Efly.  Thank you Elfy, proud of you!

Now what about the bully? Is anything going to happen to him for intimidating another person and threatening him bodily harm? Was it not criminal intimidation or threatening the peace? Who is he, what is his name, what does he look like? We want to know. The public has a right to know that there is such a bully in their midst and to avoid him at all cost for those who could not stand up to him.

Would the media or the Police publish information on this bully? Why is there a need to protect his confidentiality like an underage boy of 16? If he dared to behave like a bully in public, to threaten to beat up people in public, there is no need to hide his face and identity.

Would the Police be taking action against this bully now that Shanmugam has acknowledged that - ‘The bullying was unacceptable, and what Elfy did made me feel proud – standing up to a bully’.  The bully must be taught a lesson to send a message to all the bullies that they will be dealt with by the law, harshly, for threatening to harm another person and for disturbing our peace.

We are waiting to see what the Police would do to protect the citizens from such bullies. PNG him if necessary and sent him home. We don’t need such rogue here!