• The term “上演铁公鸡” can often be seen in local Chinese newspaper reports and mainly refers to incidents which involve people fighting or intentionally disturbing public peace. 

• The term “铁公鸡” is said to have originated from a play of the same name, which is also the nickname of the play’s protagonist. The play is set in the Taiping Rebellion during the Qing Dynasty, and the protagonist fights his enemies with real knives and spears. 

• It is said that many of the characters in the play had pigtails. This hairstyle was forced upon Han men by the Manchu government in the mid-17th century, and was deemed to be humiliating. In the 1950s, the Chinese Government banned the Peking Opera version of the play. 

• Around the 1970s and 80s, both the opera and movie version of the play were exceptionally popular among Chinese audiences in Singapore.

The female tow truck driver and the male car driver were seen having a fistfight along the road. The female driver even took out an iron rod to smash the car’s windows. Both parties were arrested and charged with assault and affray.