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This image is part of the "Riot Recollections" (2013) series by documentary photographer Zakaria Zainal and writer Prabhu Silvam. It consists of portraits of eye-witnesses and their accounts of the riot that struck Little India on 8 December 2013 — the worst outbreak of violence Singapore had experienced in four decades since the outbreak of communal riots in the 1960s. The incident, sparked by a fatal accident involving a migrant worker at the junction of Race Course Road and Hampshire Road, resulted in 54 officers and 8 civilians sustaining injuries and 30 damaged vehicles.Hitting the ground fresh a week after the incident, Zakaria and Prabhu sought to better understand what provoked the outpouring of anger by adopting the "vox populi" approach. Depicted here is Devi Priyaa, the owner of a beauty products shop near Tekka Market who did not witness the riots firsthand but found out about it on social media on her way home. She is supportive of the enforcement of stricter laws and higher penalties on alcohol sales and alcohol consumption in public places as she felt it would reduce incidences of disturbance to her business caused by inebriated migrant workers on weekends.