SINGAPORE: In the past few months, a slew of people have turned up in the courts to be charged and fined or jailed for their offences related to ...
SINGAPORE: In the past few months, a slew of people have turned up in the courts to be charged and fined or jailed for their offences related to breaking COVID-19 regulations.
In response to CNA's questions, the Attorney-General's Chambers said that every case is assessed based on its own facts and circumstances."The prosecution will take into account a variety of factors, including the severity of the breach and the culpability of the offender," said a spokesperson."For instance, breaches committed in full view of the public and which deliberately defy the law are considered particularly egregious.
Tighter measures announced later that month meant that repeat offenders would be given composition fines of S$1,000, or prosecuted in court if it is an"egregious" or particularly bad case.Lawyer Chooi Jing Yen, a partner at Eugene Thuraisingam LLP, gave possible reasons for why the client in the case of Cheng Fengzhao has not been charged.
"This explains why was not charged for sex work. Of course, a separate offence may be made out if she had entered Singapore based on a work permit or employment pass that they would be doing other work, but this would be an immigration or employment offence, not a sex offence," he said. Lawyer Marshall Lim, a former deputy public prosecutor and deputy senior state counsel who was at AGC for eight years, explained that prosecution decisions are made only after a careful consideration of each case's full facts and circumstances.
"This necessarily means that some offences may not be prosecuted and may be dealt with through other avenues, for example, administrations of warnings, if the prosecution assesses that it is not in the public interest to initiate court prosecution," said Mr Lim.
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