SINGAPORE: A motorcyclist went on trial on Tuesday (Feb 10) for biting off part of a man's ear and causing hurt to the man's father during an incident beside the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) in February 2024.

Ronald Koh, a 36-year-old Singaporean, conducted his own cross-examination of the victim's father and claimed that the father might have bitten off his son's ear instead.

He also claimed that the father-son duo, who had been in a car prior to the altercation, had taken turns to attack him.

Koh is on trial for two charges - first for biting off part of Mr Fabian Quak Wei Quan's ear, and second for hitting Mr Quak Beng Gim's back and stepping on his foot.

The offences allegedly took place on the left road shoulder of the PIE towards Changi after the Sims Way exit at about 2pm on Feb 26, 2024.

FATHER TESTIFIES

Mr Quak Beng Gim, 63, took the stand for the prosecution and testified in Mandarin about how he was driving in the fourth lane of the road and filtering into the third lane.

He heard a van next to him sound its horn at Koh's motorcycle, which he claimed then cut into his lane.

Mr Quak said he sounded his horn at the motorcyclist, who gestured with his hands to him.

"I wanted to go straight towards Changi. The motorcyclist kept gesturing at me," said Mr Quak.

He said his son, who is in his 20s, wound down the front passenger window and asked the motorcyclist what he wanted.

Mr Quak said there seemed to be a verbal dispute and that his son used vulgarities to the motorcyclist, who seemed to be very angry while waving his hand.

Mr Quak said the motorcyclist signalled him to stop, and he was "very nervous", so he pulled over on the road shoulder.

He described a scuffle between his son and Koh. The pair fell onto a grass patch, pushing each other, he said.

"I stood there for a while, then I ran over to both of them and my son told me the accused bit his ear," said Mr Quak.

He said he asked his son to let go of Koh, who tried to run away.

Mr Quak said he and his son then grabbed hold of Koh to stop him from leaving.

Asked by Deputy Public Prosecutor Dillon Kok to describe his son's injury, Mr Quak said he was bleeding profusely.

"I asked the accused whether he wanted to continue fighting. He didn't reply. He was silent, so we let go of him," said Mr Quak.

He said he had to stop and take his son to the hospital as he was bleeding profusel...