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Four men have been arrested just 48 hours after a teen was brutally hacked to death in a gang fight at Downtown East.

Republic Polytechnic student Darren Ng Wei Jie, 19, had suffered multiple slash wounds and a stab wound to his abdomen. Despite his injuries he had managed to stagger about 70m and even climbed a flight of stairs with his friend's help before collapsing in front of the restaurant in Pasir Ris at about 6pm on Saturday. He later died at Changi General Hospital at 10.55 pm.

Witnesses said that Darren was part of a group of youths who had become involved in a staring incident with another group. The confrontation turned violent not long after, leaving Darren fatally injured.

When I read this article, it makes me think about the youth crime problem. What are the reasons why youth crimes occur? What on earth are the reasons which made 19-year-old boy died?

The reasons why youth crimes occur are troubled at home, maladjusted in school life, misuses of drugs or alcohol and so on.

Firstly, troubled at home is caused by the relationship between youth and their parents is not get along with. There is a possibility that adolescent youth have an attitude of defiance because their parents interfere too much for their life. On the other hand, some youth may feel lonely and lack of affection because their parents never care them properly. That’s the reasons why some youth are be a juvenile delinquent

Secondly, maladjusted in school life is caused by stress about study in the school and the relationship with their friends. Some youth feels stressed because they don’t have any interest with study at all or they want to study well but they can’t do well as they want. And if their relationship with their friends is not good, it makes them feel stress and maladjusted.

Thirdly, a misuse of drugs or alcohol is caused by friends, who have done that already and they attract their friends to use drugs or alcohol together. It makes youth lose their control. Eventually, it causes many problems.

So, how can we reduce or prevent that kind of youth crime?

First of all, government has responsibility to control the youth crime by more strong ways.
Furthermore, they need to ask schools to help their policies about youth crime.

And second of all, because youth crime is caused by troubled at home and maladjusted in school life, government should provide an institutional strategy that counseling for family problems or maladjusted in school life.

This case is not only the problem for individual side but also the problem for sociality side, it means everyone.


posted by Minjeong Kim (MJ)

Labels: Downtown East gang fight

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