Young man who used profanity in argument over MRT priority seat says uncle scolded him first

Here we go again.

A young man who was caught on video calling an older man a "f***ing idiot" in an argument over priority seating on the train said the older man insulted him first.

In the 30-second video taken on a train arriving at Bukit Gombak station on the North-South Line, Stomper Tan can be seen in a priority seat holding his phone up and recording his own video of the uncle, who was standing by the door and waiting to alight.

"You're a clown," the uncle said to the Stomper at the start of the video.

"I'm a clown? Who are you? Old fart?" retorted the Stomper.

"Is this compulsory? Let me ask you one more time. Is this compulsory? This is not compulsory at all," continued the Stomper as the uncle kept pointing to the sign behind the Stomper's head.

Featuring the cartoon character Stand-Up Stacey, the sign said: "Show you care, offer this seat."

The Stomper told the uncle: "And it's not in the Constitution. It's not a law. And then who do you think you are, you f***ing idiot."

The use of profanity triggered the uncle, who said angrily: "You mind your word ah!"

The Stomper responded: "Want to hit me ah? Come lah, come.

The uncle threatened to whack the Stomper as the train doors opened and the uncle stepped off the train.

"Come lah," taunted the Stomper. "I make sure I sue you. Come lah, idiot."

After the video started circulating online, the Stomper wanted to tell his side of the story.

"The video that was posted shows that the uncle was arguing with me over the seat, but in fact, he actually had a seat initially.

"Suddenly, I noticed he was talking to me. He asked me to get out of my seat. Then argued that this seat was not for me. He just didn’t allow me to sit in the 'Show you care' seat."

The Stomper shared a photo of the uncle in a priority seat opposite him before the incident.

He also shared the video he took himself of an earlier part of the argument that was not in the other video.

He told Stomp: "My video shows that uncle scolded me with the words 'You not Singaporean' and 'Stupid guy' first."

Stomp had reported a similar argument between another younger man and an uncle over the younger man in a priority seat on the MRT in October last year.