Coronavirus: Man who breached stay-home notice twice to buy food is 2nd person to get jail

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SINGAPORE - A store packer who breached his stay-home notice (SHN) twice became the second person to receive a jail sentence over such an offence on Wednesday (May 6).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - A store packer who breached his stay-home notice twice became the second person to receive a jail sentence over such an offence on Wednesday .

He later told the officers he had stepped out to buy food at a coffee shop and they reminded him that he should adhere to the SHN amid the coronavirus outbreak.There were two other charges against Chong, including one under the Infectious Diseases Act, which were taken into consideration during sentencing.Alan Tham Xiang Sheng, 34, was sentenced last month to six weeks' jail for breaching an SHN to have a bak kut teh meal on March 23, after he returned from a trip to Myanmar.

Deputy Public Prosecutor V. Jesudevan said that Chong arrived at the Singapore Cruise Centre in HarbourFront from Batam at around 7pm on March 17.But he was not home when ICA officers conducted a check on him on March 24.

 

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