If you’ve been to Blk 178 Toa Payoh Central over the past year or two, an elderly man sprawled on the floor might have gotten your attention. Because that’s exactly what the man sets out to do a couple of times a week – draw the attention of people, then ask...
"He'll complain that he's hungry. But he's picky too, sometimes he'll ask for chicken rice and coke."
Others Shin Min spoke to said the man would usually keep aside food that's bought for him and continue to lie down in place, waiting for the next person. He would leave only after someone has given him money. Lin said she once publicly exposed the man's ruse, only to be at the receiving end of his glares and provocations.
"I told passers-by not to be duped by him, and he glared at me and gave me a thumbs up, as if to sarcastically say I did a good job.”PHOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWSAn employee at a nearby clinic said that every once in a while, they would receive requests to"save" the elderly man.Another vendor said the man's behaviour has also wasted public resources, due to the multiple calls put out to the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force .
"It happens at least twice a month," said the vendor, adding that police or SCDF personnel would make their way down for naught.
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