Covid-19: Man fined S$14,000 for holding 13-person birthday party in converted illegal KTV outlet

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SINGAPORE — When a group of men were unable to find customers for their live-streaming business, they converted their studio space into an illegal karaoke outlet and hosted a birthday celebration for 13 people in July.

Only five people were allowed to gather in public under Covid-19 laws at the time. The number of locally transmitted Covid-19 cases linked toOne of the men in the group, Tan Check Liang, was fined S$14,000 on Thursday . He pleaded guilty to one charge each of providing public entertainment without a licence, illegally supplying liquor and failing to ensure the premises were closed to individuals.

The court heard that Tan’s accomplices were Jerome Lee Jia Jian, 31, and He Zemin, 38. Lee was fined S$13,000 and He was fined S$6,000 last month. By May, Tan and Lee began to take in and install karaoke equipment and furniture, inviting their friends over to drink and sing. In the wee hours of July 18, police officers who were acting on information received went to the unit. There were 13 patrons there for a birthday celebration, with He preparing the liquor according to their requests and setting up the karaoke equipment.

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