Mark Lee Video on Difference Between Ah Bengs and Hooligans

I was saddened to read about the news of what happened to the 19 years old Darren Ng Wei Jie on 31 Oct 2010 Halloween at Downtown East Pasir Ris. The young Republic Polytechnic student was attacked by another group of 5 hooligan teenagers in bright day light.

The incident was allegedly triggered when Darren Ng and his friends got into a “staring” incident with a group of hooligans in the Downtown East MacDonald’s. Eye witnesses said that the group of hooligans had followed Darren Ng and his two friends out of the fast food restaurant and set upon them at the grass patch outside. Unfortunately, the verbal fight soon turned to become physical. The hooligans were heard to have shouted some possibly secret society-related slogans after the knives fight and ran off. Darren Ng passed on 5 hours later in Changi Hospital.

Some online netizens have called those attackers Ah Beng. But I disagree. As explained by Mark Lee in the below Omy video, there is a distinct difference between Hooligans and Ah Bengs. According to his definition, Hooligans are the ones who will hang out at coffee shops when they are free and get into trouble, while the Ah Bengs only hang out at coffee shops and watch the trouble brewing.