SINGAPORE: A man who breached his stay-home notice to go out to run errands and eat bak kut teh pleaded guilty on Thursday (Apr 16) to exposing ...
pleaded guilty on Thursday to exposing others to the risk of infection in the first case of its kind.
He issued Tham a stay-home notice, which indicated that Tham was required to stay at home for 14 days, a precautionary measure to minimise the risk of additional imported COVID-19 cases. After eating, Ms Hooi booked a private-hire car and both of them went to Peninsula Plaza where Tham changed his leftover Myanmar currency to Singapore currency.Two hours later, the couple went out for dinner as Tham had a craving for bak kut teh.Tham took photos of his bak kut teh meal and posted them on social media, but was quickly chastised by his friends.
A team of ICA officers checked on Tham at his home on Mar 25 and Tham told them that he had left his home two days earlier to have dinner with his girlfriend, prompting investigations. He added that his offence caused alarm to others, evident from the negative comments posted on his social media page.
“Highly publicised acts of non-compliance of the stay-home notice also generate public fear of being infected through the irresponsible and inconsiderate acts of those like the present accused.”DEFENCE POINT TO WORDING OF NOTICE, UNPRECEDENTED MEASURES The notice stated that Tham had to"remain in your place of residence at all times for a 14-day period" and"not leave your residence".
"Instead, the recipient is left to his own devices and the onus is on him to travel home himself by whatever means he pleases," said Mr Tan.
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