SINGAPORE - A 53-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly punching two National Environment Agency officers when they questioned him about being unvaccinated.
The police were alerted to a fight at Redhill Food Centre at about 8pm on Oct 23, 2021. Investigations showed the NEA officers were conducting checks at the food centre and found the man to be unvaccinated. The man became agitated when he was questioned by the officers, and allegedly punched them, said the police on Thursday night .
He was subsequently arrested and will be charged in court on Friday with two counts of voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from his duty.He will also be charged for entering a food centre without having a cleared status, for which he can be fined up to $5,000 or jailed for up to six months.Unvaccinated individuals have not been allowed to dine at hawker centres and coffee shops since Oct 13, 2021.
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