Condo Resident Ramesh Says Sorry To Security Guard; Guard Says Ramesh Is ‘Friendly & Approachable’

Lest you have the memory of a goldfish, this meme is all you need to know about what happened:

If that didn’t do anything for you, then perhaps you were stranded on an island, so here’s the past three articles we did:

• ‘I Buy Your F*cking Property For $1.5 million’: Angry Man Slams Security Guard Over Condo Rules
• Minister Says That Condo Resident Shouting At Security Guard Shows ‘Sense Of Entitlement’
• Angry Condo Resident Who Verbally Abused Security Guard Files Police Report For Being Doxxed

Or a recap:

• Very angry condo resident who identifies himself as Ramesh is seen yelling at a security guard on 26 October, Sunday in a viral video
• He yells, “I buy your f*cking property for $1.5million!!!” angrily
• This is in response to the security guard telling him his visitor has to pay $10 to park in the condo’s carpark (he refuses because he will be expecting a lot of visitors on Deepavali)
• Other things Ramesh shouted include “You can do whatever you want to do, f*ck off,” and “This is Diwali weekend you know? There will be a lot of visitors visiting Indians.”
• Video uploaded to social media
• Netizen armchair detectives dug up information on Ramesh
• Ramesh receives 200 threatening calls
• His employer, an investment bank, is looking into the matter
• Ramesh files a police report for being doxxed

You’d have noticed what we said on the incident in our previous article: “just chill”.

“Man was angry in one instance and made a human mistake. No need to make a big deal out of it.”

If official responses are reliable, then it would appear that the resolution of the story is indeed pretty chill.

Ramesh Apologised To The Security Officer, Steven

An official response was posted on Association of Certified Security Agencies (ACSA) Facebook.

The gist of it is that the Honorary Secretary of ACSA and President of Security Association of Singapore (SAS) met with Ramesh and the security guard Steven.

During the hour-long meeting, Ramesh was “very remorseful” and apologised to Steven many times.

Here’s the plot twist: although the video made it look otherwise, it was revealed that Ramesh and Steven had met and chatted more than a few times in the condo, and Ramesh even calls him “Uncle Steven”.

One time, Ramesh had a problem with his water tap and Uncle Steven went to help him.

I don’t know about you, but I see this as the equivalent of calling your bros to help you move houses in exchange for a beer. In other words, this is a bro-move.

Steven’s response to the apology?

He forgave Ramesh and acknowledged that Ramesh is a “friendly and approachable resident”.

Here’s the full response, slightly formatted:

Earlier This Evening Myself and President SAS Mr Raj Joshua Thomas met Mr Ramesh Erramalli together with Senior Security Supervisor Steven Heng Woo Wee.

Mr Ramesh was very remorseful and he apologised to SSS Steven many times during the hour-long meeting. Mr Ramesh addressed SSS Steven as Uncle Steven and said he has known Uncle Steven quite well as he has had conversations with SSS Steven before when he was patrolling the estate.

Mr Ramesh also once had an issue with the water tap at his home and contacted the Security Post. SSS Steven went to his home to help with the issue. Mr Ramesh Acknowledged SSS Steven was a very humble and good Security Supervisor and he did not mean to Hurt Or harm him in any way. He was worked up over the MCST Rule of collecting $10 parking fees for the overnight parking.

SSS Steven also said he has met Mr Ramesh when he patrolled around The estate and would stop by to have a friendly chat with him. SSS Steven also acknowledged that Mr Ramesh was a friendly and approachable resident and always addressed him as uncle Steven. He had forgiven Mr Ramesh wholeheartedly and thanked him for coming personally to apologise to him.

SSS Steven also urges everyone to forgive Mr Ramesh and forget this unfortunate incident. I also wish everyone will forgive Mr Ramesh and forget this incident.

Let’s all play a part to respect all the Security Personnel working round the clock to keep our estates, neighbourhood,offices, Hospitals, schools and Singapore to be a safe and Secure place for all of us.

We also hope MCSTs and Managing Agents will do more to create awareness of the Estate rules and by-laws of the estate so that frontline security personnel are not put in a difficult position of enforcing the rules that residents might not be aware of Thus creating such unfortunate situations.

Let’s appreciate and respect the security personnel whom are working very hard to keep Singapore Safe and Secure.

Thank you very much.

Gary Haris
Honorary Secretary
Association Of Certified
Security Agencies (ACSA)

A Similar Response On President Of SAS’s Facebook

The full post can be found here. Gist of it is the same.

This evening I sat down with Ramesh and Steven, the security officer in the video, together with Gary Haris, the Honorary Secretary of the Association of Certified Security Agencies for a chat.

During our meeting, Ramesh apologized to Steven for what had happened. I felt his apology was heartfelt and very sincere. Steven was gracious in accepting the apology and emphasizing to Ramesh that he had not then, nor now, held any hard feelings regarding the incident. Steven hoped that Ramesh and his family had remained safe during this trying time.

As they chatted, I realized that Steven and Ramesh in fact had interacted many times before. They recalled having many amicable and friendly conversations in the past, and Steven remembered having visited Ramesh’s apartment. Ramesh even referred to Steven as “Uncle Steven”, which he knew Steven as, throughout our conversation.

Ramesh said that the person in the video is not reflective of who he really is. Having met him this evening, I believe him. All of us have lost our temper and said something we regretted at some time or other, later realizing that we could have done better. What is important is that we make amends when we are wrong. Ramesh has done this – sincerely and honestly.

As a society, we band quickly together when we see something that we feel is unjust. This is what makes us strong. But we should not do so to destroy people or their lives. Singaporeans, like both Ramesh and Steven, deserve to live in our own country without fear or abuse – online or offline.

We should focus now on how we can address the issues that security officers face on the ground, and improve their working conditions. I hope that Steven and Ramesh’s experience will help us make progress towards a culture of understanding and mutual respect.

Some Less Wholesome Comments

Browsing through the comments section on ASCA, there are some less-than-constructive take on the situation. People say don’t look into Facebook comments if you want to keep your humanity.

I did not take that advice.

So here are some highlights:

Take note, there are more than 800 comments there. Most of it is in a similar tone.

And I can’t say that what they’re saying is entirely wrong, but I don’t see how comments like these are helping in any way.

Let’s stay wholesome like these strange beings:

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Received His Singaporean Citizenship From His Wife

According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Ramesh is a Singaporean who received his Singaporean citizenship on the sponsorship of his local-born Singaporean wife, under the Family Ties scheme.

Here is the full statement:

The Police are investigating a report which was lodged against a 44-year-old man, Mr Erramalli Ramesh for an offence of intentionally causing harassment to a security officer who was deployed at Eight Riversuites condominium. The Police take a stern view towards any abusive behaviour against security officers who are carrying out their duties.

Mr Erramalli is married to a local-born Singapore Citizen. He obtained his Singapore Citizenship on the sponsorship of his wife, under the Family Ties scheme.