WHEN a 58-year-old man ordered beer at a coffeeshop while waiting for a football match to start, he did not expect his friend to help himself to the bottles he had paid for.

But when his friend, Goh Ken Seng, 57, did just that, Ng Kim San lost his cool.

A dispute between them escalated to Goh flinging a glass mug at Ng, cutting his lips.

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