Foreign worker in Singapore remanded at Institute of Mental Health for evaluation after twice breaking Covid-19 laws in bid to fly to India | Malay Mail

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SINGAPORE, May 14 — Even though he suspected that he might have been infected with Covid-19, a 25-year-old foreign worker defied instructions to stay put at the Singapore General Hospital while waiting for his swab test results. Balachandran Parthiban then took public transport to Changi Airport...

Foreign worker in Singapore remanded at Institute of Mental Health for evaluation after twice breaking Covid-19 laws in bid to fly to IndiaBalachandran Parthiban, 25, has been remanded at the Institute of Mental Health for evaluation after pleading guilty to two charges of breaching Covid-19 laws. Read more at https://www.todayonline.

On the morning of May 23, Parthiban reported sick at his dormitory and complained of fever and sore throat. To get to the airport, Parthiban had first walked a total of 2.1km before boarding a public bus and then later flagging down a taxi to get him to Terminal 1 at Changi Airport. However, he again left for the airport on June 16 as he wanted to leave Singapore because he knew that there were many dormitory residents who had tested positive for Covid-19, said DPP Yew.

 

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