It took guts to do what he did.
Four young adults came to the nursery where Sim Foong Koon, 47, worked in on the pretext of looking for some plants. The group browsed through the nursery and the shop and one of them made some jottings in a notebook.
Eventually after browsing and jotting down what they needed, they left and got into their car. However, the person who was earlier jotting down notes returned with a Samurai sword and demanded that Sim hand over her waist pouch.
As Sim was fumbling to unbuckle the pouch, Lan Weng Soon, 21, who had just got back from lunch, thrust himself in between his mother and the attacker upon seeing the blade close to his mother’s face.
“My son was struck by the youth, resulting in a gash across his cheek. Then, my father, who was also there, chased the robber away with a stick,” she said.
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