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26-07-2021, 11:21 PM
6 weeks' jail, $15k fine for NTU graduate diagnosed with Covid-19 who hid 'evidence' of meeting with friends during circuit breaker
SINGAPORE - An undergraduate who met three friends to chat and smoke cigarettes together during the circuit breaker found out on June 8 last year that he had been infected with Covid-19.
Leon Chua Yi Yan then contacted the trio and told them to delete the text messages they had exchanged.
This was because he felt that their chats could serve as evidence that they had unlawfully met during the circuit breaker period, imposed between April 7 and June 1 last year to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
During that time, members of the public were not allowed to leave their homes without a valid reason or meet others outside for any social purpose.
Chua, 27, who told the court that he graduated from Nanyang Technological University earlier this year, pleaded guilty in a district court on Monday (July 26) to four charges under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act.
He was sentenced to six weeks' jail and a fine of $15,000. He will spend an additional nine weeks behind bars if he is unable to pay the fine.
SINGAPORE - An undergraduate who met three friends to chat and smoke cigarettes together during the circuit breaker found out on June 8 last year that he had been infected with Covid-19.
Leon Chua Yi Yan then contacted the trio and told them to delete the text messages they had exchanged.
This was because he felt that their chats could serve as evidence that they had unlawfully met during the circuit breaker period, imposed between April 7 and June 1 last year to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
During that time, members of the public were not allowed to leave their homes without a valid reason or meet others outside for any social purpose.
Chua, 27, who told the court that he graduated from Nanyang Technological University earlier this year, pleaded guilty in a district court on Monday (July 26) to four charges under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) Act.
He was sentenced to six weeks' jail and a fine of $15,000. He will spend an additional nine weeks behind bars if he is unable to pay the fine.
