Doctor accused of lying patient was vaccinated faces amended, more serious charge

SINGAPORE — Jipson Quah, a doctor said to have falsely stated that individuals have been given COVID-19 vaccines, was remanded for one more week on Tuesday after his lawyer unsuccessfully argued for him to be released on bail with conditions.He was originally handed last Friday a charge of cheating the Ministry of Health in a conspiracy with two other individuals, Thomas Chua Cheng Soon and Mehrajunnisha.

Quah's lawyer, Shashi Nathan, said that he was informed by the Attorney-General's Chambers a day earlier that the charge would be amended, after he had reached out to the prosecution about the original charge being a bailable offence. The police had already taken records from Quah's clinics so there was no issue of him having the records destroyed or disseminated, according to Nathan.

Replying to Nathan's suggestion that AGC only amended the charge upon being contacted by Nathan, DPP Yap said it was the prosecution's prerogative to prefer the most appropriate charge, and that the charge had been amended after it reviewed the facts.

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